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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Simplify 4 ^3 square root 135

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[4\sqrt[3]{135?}\]

OpenStudy (larseighner):

What are the prime factors of 135?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

wouldn't those be 3,3,3 and 5

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@LarsEighner

OpenStudy (larseighner):

So what can you factor out of the cube root of 135?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

im not so sure ... @LarsEighner

OpenStudy (larseighner):

You can remove a perfect cube from the radical and put its root on the outside. A perfect cube is a number that is used in a multiplication three times. What factor occurs in 135 three times?

OpenStudy (larseighner):

Well actually a perfect cube is the product of a number that is used three times in a multiplication. You have found the factors of 135 are 3,3,3,5. Which number is used 3 times?

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