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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Anyone good at Radicals? Solve these Please!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Kaboooom :D

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Too many. I'll show you how to do the first one, anyway. \(\sqrt[3]{128}\) is the cube root of 128, that is, what number cubed is 128? This isn't an integer, so you have to factor it and simplify it. You'll notice that \[\sqrt[3]{128} = \sqrt[3]{64 \times 2} = \sqrt[3]{4^3 \times 2} = 4\sqrt[3]{2}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Errr, Confusing

OpenStudy (anonymous):

What part is confusing?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

All of it mainly haha

OpenStudy (anonymous):

That doesn't really help me explain any of it. D:

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Could you give me another example?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Ok, I'll do a simpler one like \(\sqrt{8}\) We can factor 8 as \(2 \times 2 \times 2\). This can also be written as \(2^2 \times 2\) Thus, \(\sqrt{8} = \sqrt{2^2 \times 2}\) It's a rule that \(\sqrt{ab} = \sqrt{a} \times \sqrt{b}\) That means that \(\sqrt{2^2\times2} = \sqrt{2^2}\sqrt{2}\) Simplifying that, it's \(2\sqrt{2}\)

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