Answer:
Reason:
16^1/4=(2^4)^1/4
Explanation:
You can use either 4^2 or 2^4 both gives the same answer.
In order to simplify the steps we use 2^4.
we get,
[tex]16^{\frac{1}{4}^{}^{}}=(2^4)^{\frac{1}{4}}[/tex][tex]=2^{4\times\frac{1}{4}}[/tex]
4 in the power got cancelled and we get,
[tex]=2[/tex]
Alternate method:
If we use 4^2 we get,
[tex]16^{\frac{1}{4}}=(4^2)^{\frac{1}{4}}[/tex][tex]=4^{2\times\frac{1}{4}}[/tex][tex]=4^{\frac{1}{2}}[/tex]
we use 4=2^2,
[tex]=(2^2)^{\frac{1}{2}}=2[/tex]
In order to get answer quicker we appropiately use 2^4=16 here.
Rules in exponent:
[tex]a^n\times a^m=a^{n+m}[/tex][tex]\frac{a^n}{a^m}=a^{n-m}[/tex][tex]\frac{1}{a^m}=a^{-m}[/tex][tex](a^n)^m=a^{n\times m}[/tex][tex]4^{3\times\frac{1}{2}}=4^{\frac{3}{2}}[/tex]
use 4=2^2, we get
[tex]=2^{2\times\frac{3}{2}}[/tex]
2 got cancelled in the power, we get
[tex]=2^3[/tex][tex]=8[/tex]
we get,
[tex]4^{3\times\frac{1}{2}}=8[/tex]