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Mady07Senior
Oct 25, 2006, 04:30 PM
How would you solve this problem:
3^ radical 4 times 3^ radical 16
(If that even makes sense)
I REALLY could use some help on algebra 2! Thankx
electr0
Oct 25, 2006, 05:26 PM
You would simplify it into: from the square root of 4 times the squre root of 16, first you would do square root of 4 which is 2 and then the square root of 16 which is 4.
So that leaves you with 2 times 4 which is 8. :)
(I think that was your question because I didn't understand what the "3^" meant)
Hope that helps. :D
Ace High
Oct 25, 2006, 05:52 PM
3^[radical symbol]4=9
3^[radical symbol]16=81
9x81=729
-chainer (I was just walking by, saw comp, and decided to put my answer)
s_cianci
Oct 28, 2006, 01:20 PM
rewrite it as:
3^2 * 3^4
add the exponents:
3^6
simplify:
729