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OpenStudy (bekkah323):

problem below (working with radicals)

OpenStudy (bekkah323):

\[\sqrt[4]{(5a)^4}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\sqrt[4]{x^4}=x\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

and so \(\sqrt[4]{(5a)^4}=5a\)

OpenStudy (bekkah323):

ok im confused how did you get the first one? and on the second one do you do nothing to the 5?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sorry, i didn't mean to confuse you i just wrote the first one to mean that the fourth root of "anything" to the power of four is "anything"

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so the fourth root of five times \(a\) to the power of four is \(5a\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

|dw:1374458632648:dw| maybe think of it as this way

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