Algebra Examples

$- 2 {(x y)}^{\frac{1}{2}}$

Step 1

Apply the rule $x^{\frac{m}{n}} = \sqrt[n]{x^{m}}$ to rewrite the exponentiation as a radical.

$- 2 \sqrt{{(x y)}^{1}}$

Step 2

Anything raised to $1$ is the base itself.

$- 2 \sqrt{x y}$