Question

Simplify

sqrt 512x^3y^5

Answer 1

\[16xy ^{2}\sqrt{2xy}\] explanation coming

Answer 2

Using factor trees, you can see that everything that has a squared term as a factor comes out from under the square root (they come out in pairs). Example, a 4 would come out as a 2 since it is 2^2. The remaining terms that don't make a pair have to stay under the radical.

Answer 3

I use to tell myself that the numbers can only come out of the house with their identical partner....if they don't have one, then they have to stay inside.

Answer 4

yay?

Answer 5

nice answer :) i was confused the way the question is written