Algebra Examples

${(y \cdot y^{\frac{1}{4}})}^{\frac{4}{3}}$

Step 1

Multiply $y$ by $y^{\frac{1}{4}}$ by adding the exponents.

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Step 1.1

Multiply $y$ by $y^{\frac{1}{4}}$ .

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Step 1.1.1

Raise $y$ to the power of $1$ .

${(y^{1} \cdot y^{\frac{1}{4}})}^{\frac{4}{3}}$

Step 1.1.2

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

${(y^{1 + \frac{1}{4}})}^{\frac{4}{3}}$

Step 1.2

Write $1$ as a fraction with a common denominator.

${(y^{\frac{4}{4} + \frac{1}{4}})}^{\frac{4}{3}}$

Step 1.3

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

${(y^{\frac{4 + 1}{4}})}^{\frac{4}{3}}$

Step 1.4

Add $4$ and $1$ .

${(y^{\frac{5}{4}})}^{\frac{4}{3}}$

Step 2

Multiply the exponents in ${(y^{\frac{5}{4}})}^{\frac{4}{3}}$ .

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Step 2.1

Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, ${(a^{m})}^{n} = a^{m n}$ .

$y^{\frac{5}{4} \cdot \frac{4}{3}}$

Step 2.2

Cancel the common factor of $4$ .

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Step 2.2.1

Cancel the common factor.

$y^{\frac{5}{4} \cdot \frac{4}{3}}$

Step 2.2.2

Rewrite the expression.

$y^{5 (\frac{1}{3})}$

Step 2.3

Combine $5$ and $\frac{1}{3}$ .

$y^{\frac{5}{3}}$