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How do you simplify: square root of x^16?

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Jul 23, 2015

Rewrite $x^{16} = x^{8} \cdot x^{8} = {(x^{8})}^{2}$ $x^16=x^8*x^8=(x^8)^2$

Explanation:

$= \sqrt{{(x^{8})}^{2}} = x^{8}$ $=sqrt((x^8)^2)=x^8$

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