Example
Simplifying , , and
To simplify higher-order numerical roots, use the Product Property of Roots to extract the largest perfect power factor corresponding to the index of each radical. For the square root , the largest perfect square factor is , which simplifies to . For the cube root , the greatest perfect cube factor is (since ), resulting in . For the fourth root , the largest perfect fourth power factor is (since ), yielding .
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