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Simplify 4โˆš๐‘Ž^12.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
I can read that two ways.

- If you mean the fourth root, โดโˆš(a^12) = (a^12)^{1/4} = |a^3| = |a|^3 (principal root, for real a).
- If you mean 4ยทโˆš(a^12) (four times the square root), 4โˆš(a^12) = 4ยทa^6 (since โˆš(a^12)=a^6 for real a).