When we encounter a root that encompasses the entirety of the product, we can decompose the factors of the products and leave a separate root for each of them. Let's not forget to leave the multiplication sign between the factors we have extracted.
4โ 400โ According to the rule of the root of a product, we can break down the factors and leave the root of each factor separately while maintaining the multiplication operation between them: We will break it down and obtain: 4โโ 400โ 2โ20=40
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Examples and exercises with solutions of the root of a product
Exercise #1
Solve the following exercise:
16โโ 1โ=
Video Solution
Step-by-Step Solution
Let's start by recalling how to define a root as a power:
naโ=an1โ
Next, we will remember that raising 1 to any power will always yield the result 1, even the half power of the square root.
In other words:
16โโ 1โ=โ16โโ 21โ=16โโ 121โ=16โโ 1=16โ=4โTherefore, the correct answer is answer D.
Answer
4
Exercise #2
Solve the following exercise:
1โโ 2โ=
Video Solution
Step-by-Step Solution
Let's start by recalling how to define a square root as a power:
naโ=an1โ
Next, we remember that raising 1 to any power always gives us 1, even the half power we got from converting the square root.
In other words:
1โโ 2โ=โ21โโ 2โ=121โโ 2โ=1โ 2โ=2โโTherefore, the correct answer is answer a.
Answer
2โ
Exercise #3
Solve the following exercise:
25x4โ=
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Step-by-Step Solution
To simplify the given expression, we will use the following three laws of exponents:
a. Definition of root as an exponent:
naโ=an1โ
b. Law of exponents for an exponent applied to terms in parentheses:
(aโ b)n=anโ bn
c. Law of exponents for an exponent raised to an exponent:
(am)n=amโ n
We'll start by converting the fourth root to an exponent using the law of exponents mentioned in a.:
25x4โ=โ(25x4)21โ=
We'll continue, using the law of exponents mentioned in b. and apply the exponent to each factor in the parentheses:
(25x4)21โ=2521โโ (x4)21โ
We'll continue, using the law of exponents mentioned in c. and perform the exponent applied to the term with an exponent in parentheses (the second factor in the multiplication):
In the final steps, we first converted the power of one-half applied to the first factor in the multiplication back to the fourth root form, again, according to the definition of root as an exponent mentioned in a. (in the reverse direction) and then calculated the known fourth root of 25.
Therefore, the correct answer is answer a.
Answer
5x2
Exercise #4
Solve the following exercise:
30โโ 1โ=
Video Solution
Step-by-Step Solution
Let's start with a reminder of the definition of a root as a power:
naโ=an1โ
We will then use the fact that raising the number 1 to any power always yields the result 1, particularly raising it to the power of half of the square root (which we obtain by using the definition of root as a power mentioned earlier),
In other words:
30โโ 1โ=โ30โโ 21โ=30โโ 121โ=30โโ 1=30โโTherefore, the correct answer is answer C.
Answer
30โ
Exercise #5
Solve the following exercise:
100โโ 25โ=
Video Solution
Step-by-Step Solution
We can simplify the expression without using the laws of exponents, because the expression has known square roots, so let's simplify the expression and then perform the multiplication:
100โโ 25โ=10โ 5=50โTherefore, the correct answer is answer D.
Answer
50
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