Question

Write an equivalent expression using radical notation.

(a^2b^2)^1/3

Answer 1

\[\sqrt[3]{a^2b^2}\]

Answer 2

This is the same as saying the third root of a^2*b^2.
Anything raised to an exponent of 1/x is really the xth root of what is being raised.
So if you have (a^2b^2)^1/2, this is the square root of a^2b^2.
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