Question

What is the simplified form of StartRoot StartFraction 72 x Superscript 16 Baseline Over 50 x Superscript 36 Baseline EndFraction EndRoot? Assume x ≠ 0.
StartFraction 6 Over 5 x Superscript 10 Baseline EndFraction
StartFraction 6 Over 5 x squared EndFraction
Six-fifths x Superscript 10
Six-fifths x squared
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Answer 1

Answer:

  StartFraction 6 Over 5 x Superscript 10 Baseline EndFraction

Step-by-step explanation:

Apparently you want to simplify ...

  $\sqrt{\dfrac{72x^{16}}{50x^{36}}}$

The applicable rules of exponents are ...

  (a^b)(a^c) = a^(b+c)

  1/a^b = a^-b

  (a^b)^c = a^(bc)

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So the expression simplifies as ...

  $\sqrt{\dfrac{72x^{16}}{50x^{36}}}=\sqrt{\dfrac{36}{25x^{36-16}}}=\sqrt{\dfrac{36}{25x^{20}}}\\\\\sqrt{\left(\dfrac{6}{5x^{10}}\right)^2}=\boxed{\dfrac{6}{5x^{10}}}$