Solve the following exercise:
Solve the following exercise:
In order to simplify the given expression, we will use the following two laws of exponents:
a. The definition of root as an exponent:
b. The law of exponents for an exponent applied to terms in parentheses:
Let's start by converting the square root to an exponent using the law of exponents mentioned in a:
Next, we'll use the law of exponents mentioned in b and apply the exponent to each factor within the parentheses:
In the final steps, we first converted the power of one-half applied to each factor in the multiplication back to square root form, again, according to the definition of root as an exponent mentioned in a (in the opposite direction) and then calculated the known square root of 36.
Therefore, the correct answer is answer c.