Question
CHOOSE A METHOD You are using mental math to evaluate the expression 16^5/4 . Should you evaluate (sqrt [LLarge4](sqrt (16)))^5 or sqrt [Largesqrt [4](16^5) ? (sqrt [Large4](sqrt (16)))^5 sqrt (Large4)sqrt (16^5)
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Yorick
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Answer
Evaluate
. It simplifies to
. The other option requires calculating
mentally, which is much more difficult.