288 equals 9 times 2 ^5, but the 2^9 at the end of the expression must be combined with this giving us 9 times 2^14. (This is why Greg’s answer is incomplete.) The fifth root of any number to the fourteenth power is the number squared times the fifth root of the number to the fourth power, in this case, 4 times the fifth root of 9 times 32. The same rule applies to the x^11 element. This gives us x^2 times the fifth root of x. The fifth root of a^6 is a times the fifth root of a. This gives us the simplified expression: 4ax^2 times the fifth root of 144 ax.
I received an engineering handout sheet many years ago (before the internet). It was a joke on how engineers always complicate things. I have looked for it on line, with last search being (engineering simplification joke 1 +1 = 2 math sine cosine). I found a lot of jokes, but not this one. It was a demonstration of how an engineer can simplify complicated equations using a little math. The example that they gave was on how to simplify the overly complex math statement that 1 + 1 = 2. Their first step was to replace the first ‘1’ with a much simpler statement using sine(square)theta +cosine(square) theta = 1. Then they proceeded to ‘simplify’ the other one and the two with other true but much more ‘simpler’ statements, such as the thing with ‘e’ (the base for natural logarithms) and Taylor Power Series Expansions. After only a couple of passes at ‘simplification’, they had three or four lines of completely incomprehensible, but mathematically accurate, nonsense. They pointed out at the end that that was just and exercise to demonstrate the principle of simplification, and with a little ingenuity, other complex and difficult mathematical expressions could be similarly simplified. If anyone can locate this joke online, please post a link here, so that I can send it to the IRS so that they can ‘simplify’ the tax code for the United States!
Mordock999 Premium Member about 5 years ago
HEY!!!
Get Your Mitts off of Bets’ future “property,” girlie!!!
Troglodyte about 5 years ago
That’s quite an astronomical jump in her level of understanding, given what we saw over the week!
GROG Premium Member about 5 years ago
I never understood it.
Willywise52 Premium Member about 5 years ago
Cute!
Purple People Eater about 5 years ago
I found a site that can do this kind of calculations, and it gives a different answer.
https://www.symbolab.com/solver/algebra-calculator/simplify%20%5Csqrt%5B5%5D%7B288%20a%5E%7B6%7D%20x%5E%7B11%7D%202%5E%7B9%7D%7D
MichaelHelwig about 5 years ago
She should have combined the integers and she forgot the index on the radical.
Ken Norris Premium Member about 5 years ago
288 equals 9 times 2 ^5, but the 2^9 at the end of the expression must be combined with this giving us 9 times 2^14. (This is why Greg’s answer is incomplete.) The fifth root of any number to the fourteenth power is the number squared times the fifth root of the number to the fourth power, in this case, 4 times the fifth root of 9 times 32. The same rule applies to the x^11 element. This gives us x^2 times the fifth root of x. The fifth root of a^6 is a times the fifth root of a. This gives us the simplified expression: 4ax^2 times the fifth root of 144 ax.
Spence12 Premium Member about 5 years ago
Luann gets the right answer and still has no idea what it means. I don’t, either.
TheBigPickle about 5 years ago
Luann blushing is so cute…
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member about 5 years ago
I received an engineering handout sheet many years ago (before the internet). It was a joke on how engineers always complicate things. I have looked for it on line, with last search being (engineering simplification joke 1 +1 = 2 math sine cosine). I found a lot of jokes, but not this one. It was a demonstration of how an engineer can simplify complicated equations using a little math. The example that they gave was on how to simplify the overly complex math statement that 1 + 1 = 2. Their first step was to replace the first ‘1’ with a much simpler statement using sine(square)theta +cosine(square) theta = 1. Then they proceeded to ‘simplify’ the other one and the two with other true but much more ‘simpler’ statements, such as the thing with ‘e’ (the base for natural logarithms) and Taylor Power Series Expansions. After only a couple of passes at ‘simplification’, they had three or four lines of completely incomprehensible, but mathematically accurate, nonsense. They pointed out at the end that that was just and exercise to demonstrate the principle of simplification, and with a little ingenuity, other complex and difficult mathematical expressions could be similarly simplified. If anyone can locate this joke online, please post a link here, so that I can send it to the IRS so that they can ‘simplify’ the tax code for the United States!
CalLadyQED about 5 years ago
Sorry, but that answer is garbage. And you don’t need the math degree I have to tell.