Algebra 2 Common Core

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Chapter 6 - Radical Functions and Rational Exponents - Mid-Chapter Quiz - Page 389: 8

Answer

$3\sqrt[3]{3}$

Work Step by Step

Recall the rational exponent property (pg. 382): $\sqrt[n]{a}=a^{\frac{1}{n}}$ Applying this property, the given expression is equivalen to: $=9^{\frac{1}{3}}9^{\frac{1}{3}}$ Next, recall the basic exponent property (pg. 360): $(ab)^n=a^nb^n$ Applying this property to our last expression above, we get: $=(9\cdot9)^{\frac{1}{3}}$ $=(81)^{\frac{1}{3}}$ $=(27\cdot3)^{\frac{1}{3}}$ Splitting again into two exponents, we get: $=(27)^{\frac{1}{3}}(3)^{\frac{1}{3}}$ Using the previously given exponent property, we rewrite the result as a radical: $=\sqrt[3]{27}\cdot\sqrt[3]{3}$ Since $3^3=27$, then the expression above simplifies to: $=3\sqrt[3]{3}$
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