Question

Question about simplifying radical expressions

Can anyone give me a thorough explanation on how I would simplify:
5 times the square root of 81q^5

Answer 1

\[\sqrt[5]{81^{5}}\]

Answer 2

Is that what the equation looks like?

Answer 3

I forgot the q.....=P

Answer 4

Yeah with the Q xD

Answer 5

And the 5 is a little bigger, the one on the outside of the radical, like a whole number instead of an exponent

Answer 6

Well the way I learn how to do it was you would just cancel the both 5 out

Answer 7

oh, we just recently started doing this and I tried getting factors for 81 and bringing them outside the radical and I ended up with: 5 x 3^2 q^2 times the square root of q^3
lol

Answer 8

The answer is 81q then

Answer 9

I mean if you have different exponents or roots then you probably need to do it that way.

Answer 10

Thanks