I tried the square root of (note the "nook" of the square root sign has a five in it), of -32 f^6 g^5 h^2. I got -6+2f^5fg times the square root of (with five in the nook) h^2. Is this correct? I have a feelign I messed up on the -6 + 2 part, but I wanted to make sure. If I did not do this correctly, could you offer me an explanation of how to correctly do this? Thanks for your clarifications.
no, it should have been
-2fg(fifthroot(fg^2))
note fifthroot(-32) = -2, since (-2)^5 = -32
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To solve the expression √(-32f^6g^5h^2) correctly, let's break it down step by step.
First, let's simplify the expression under the square root (√):
√(-32f^6g^5h^2)
To simplify the radicand (-32f^6g^5h^2), let's separate it into its different components:
√(-32) * √(f^6) * √(g^5) * √(h^2)
Now, let's simplify each component:
√(-32): The square root of a negative number is not a real number, so we can rewrite this as √(32) multiplied by the square root of -1 (i.e., √(-1) or simply 'i'). Therefore, it becomes:
√(32) * i
√(f^6): The square root of f^6 can be simplified as:
f^(6/2) = f^3
√(g^5): Similarly, the square root of g^5 can be simplified as:
g^(5/2) = g^(2 + 1/2) = g^2 * √g
√(h^2): The square root of h^2 is:
h^1 = h
Now, let's combine all the simplified components back together:
√(-32f^6g^5h^2) = √(32) * i * f^3 * g^2 * √g * h
Remember that √(32) is a positive value, so we can bring it outside the square root:
√(32) = 2√2
So the simplified expression becomes:
2√2 * i * f^3 * g^2 * √g * h
Note: The value of 'i' represents the imaginary unit, which is commonly used in mathematics for complex numbers.
To answer your question, -6 + 2f^5fg is not the correct simplification. The correct simplification is 2√2 * i * f^3 * g^2 * √g * h.
It's important to be mindful of the rules of simplifying square roots and exponents when evaluating expressions like this one.