Question

Can someone walk me through the steps please. Question posted below in attachment. medal+fan :)

Answer 1

start by squaring a and 4ing b

Answer 2

(c.d)^2, (d.c)^4

c^2 d, d^4 c^2

then sqrt them

c .d d^2 c

c^2 d^2 .d maybe?

Answer 3

I got confused when you "sqrt them"...can you explain what happens?

Answer 4

sqrting a perfect square cancel things

Answer 5

\[\sqrt{x^2}=x\]

Answer 6

you can also thing of the radical as a fracional exponent\[\sqrt{a}=a^{1/2}\]

Answer 7

... yes that I understand, but I guess I am confused with the last part you have. is it c^2d^2 sqrt d?

Answer 8

\[\sqrt{c^2~ d~ d^4~c^2}\to~c^{2/2}~ d^{1/2}~ d^{4/2}c^{2/2}\]

Answer 9

yes c^2d^2 sqrtd

Answer 10

sometimes a do a lazy notation and use a . for what i consider the obvious

Answer 11

Oh now I see, lol.
Thank you so much for the help and explanations :)

Answer 12

youre welcome :)

Answer 13

hmmmm

Answer 14

You found it lol

Answer 15

tag Nimcooop on here!

Answer 16

@nincompoop here