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Question from Ella:

What is the radical form of 3xy raised to 5 quantity three- fifths?

Hi Ella,

For your expression

\[\left(\left(3xy\right)^5\right)^{3/5}\]

I would use the law of exponents

\[\left(a^b\right)^c = a^{b \times c}\]

Penny

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