Which of the following expressions are equivalent? Justify your reasoning, А. 4 √x^3
B. 1/ x^-1
C. 10 √x^5 times x^4 times x^2
D. X1/3 times x^1/3 times x^1/3

B and D

Step-by-step explanation:

B:

Anything to a negative power means that it is 1/that to the positive power.

E.g. x^-1 = 1/x^1

In other words, anything to the power of a negative switches sides of a fraction (i.e. if in numerator moves to denominator and vice versa.)

1/x^-1 = 1/1/x^1 which is just equal to x, because there are x number of 1/xs in one (1/x * x =1) Therefore Option B is equal to just x.

D: (assuming the first given term is x^1/3 and not X1/3 (?) Correct me if I'm wrong).

x^1/3 * x^1/3 * x^1/3 is also equal to just x.

This is because when multiplying together terms with the same base (x in this case) the exponents just add together, so:

x^1/3 * x^1/3 * x^1/3 = x^(1/3 +1/3 +1/3) = x^1 = x.

Therefore B and D are equivalent because they both equal x.

Hope this helped!

x = 12

y = 1

for the points!

use distributive property on all like terms and change your signs if you have a double negative or if you have positive/negative