Problem

Simplify square root of 25x^9* cube root of 27x^4

Your problem involves simplifying an algebraic expression that contains both square and cube roots with variable components. You are asked to combine and reduce the expression involving the square root of 25x^9 multiplied by the cube root of 27x^4 into its simplest form. This will require you to apply the rules of exponents and the properties of radicals to combine like terms and simplify the coefficients and the variable parts separately.

25x927x43

Answer

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Solution:

Step:1 Express 25x9 as (5x4)2x.

Step:1.1 Represent 25 as 52. 52x927x43

Step:1.2 Extract x8. 52(x8x)27x43

Step:1.3 Express x8 as (x4)2. 52((x4)2x)27x43

Step:1.4 Represent 52(x4)2 as (5x4)2. (5x4)2x27x43

Step:2 Extract terms from under the radical. 5x4x27x43

Step:3 Express 27x4 as (3x)3x.

Step:3.1 Represent 27 as 33. 5x4x33x43

Step:3.2 Extract x3. 5x4x33(x3x)3

Step:3.3 Express 33x3 as (3x)3. 5x4x(3x)3x3

Step:4 Extract terms from under the radical. 5x4x(3xx3)

Step:5 Combine x4 and x by summing their exponents.

Step:5.1 Rearrange x. 5(xx4)x(3x3)

Step:5.2 Multiply x by x4.

Step:5.2.1 Raise x to the power of 1. 5(x1x4)x(3x3)

Step:5.2.2 Apply the power rule aman=am+n to combine exponents. 5x1+4x(3x3)

Step:5.3 Add 1 and 4. 5x5x(3x3)

Step:6 Multiply 5x5x(3x3).

Step:6.1 Multiply 3 by 5. 15x5xx3

Step:6.2 Express the expression using the least common index of 6.

Step:6.2.1 Use axn=axn to rewrite x3 as x13. 15x5(x13x)

Step:6.2.2 Express x13 as x26. 15x5(x26x)

Step:6.2.3 Represent x26 as x26. 15x5(x26x)

Step:6.2.4 Use axn=axn to rewrite x as x12. 15x5(x26x12)

Step:6.2.5 Express x12 as x36. 15x5(x26x36)

Step:6.2.6 Represent x36 as x36. 15x5(x26x36)

Step:6.3 Combine using the product rule for radicals. 15x5x2x36

Step:6.4 Multiply x2 by x3 by adding the exponents.

Step:6.4.1 Apply the power rule aman=am+n to combine exponents. 15x5x2+36

Step:6.4.2 Add 2 and 3. 15x5x56

Knowledge Notes:

The problem involves simplifying an expression that contains both square and cube roots. To simplify such an expression, we can use several algebraic rules and properties of exponents and radicals:

  1. Square Root: x2=x. The square root of a squared number is the number itself.

  2. Cube Root: x33=x. The cube root of a cubed number is the number itself.

  3. Power Rule: aman=am+n. When multiplying like bases, you add the exponents.

  4. Radical Multiplication: anbn=abn. You can multiply under one radical if they have the same index.

  5. Rewriting Radicals: axn=axn. A radical can be rewritten as an exponent by dividing the exponent by the index of the radical.

  6. Least Common Index: When dealing with multiple radicals, it's often helpful to rewrite them with the same index to combine them more easily.

In the given solution, these rules are applied step by step to simplify the expression. The square root and cube root are first simplified by extracting perfect squares and cubes, respectively. Then, the expression is further simplified by combining like terms and using the properties of exponents to combine and simplify the expression to its simplest form.

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