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  • Oct 25, 2006, 04:30 PM
    Mady07Senior
    multiplying radical exponents
    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
  • Oct 25, 2006, 05:26 PM
    electr0
    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
  • Oct 25, 2006, 05:52 PM
    Ace High
    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)
  • Oct 28, 2006, 01:20 PM
    s_cianci
    rewrite it as:

    3^2 * 3^4

    add the exponents:

    3^6

    simplify:

    729

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