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billvickie
Jul 10, 2007, 07:51 PM
Square root 36w 8 power

Help don't understand how to do it

Capuchin
Jul 10, 2007, 10:18 PM
you mean \sqrt{36w^8}?

(36w^8)^{\frac{1}{2}}

36^{\frac{1}{2}}w^{8*\frac{1}{2}}

\sqrt{36}w^4

6w^4

simple...