Example
Simplifying , , and
To simplify numerical square, cube, and fourth roots, identify the largest perfect power factor that matches the root's index and apply the Product Property of Roots. For the square root , the largest perfect square factor is , so rewrite it as and simplify to . For the cube root , the largest perfect cube factor is (since ), yielding , which simplifies to . For the fourth root , the largest perfect fourth power factor is (since ), so rewrite it as and simplify to .
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