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How do you simplify these two radical expressions?

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(√(a^6)(b^3) - 4(a^5)(b^4) + 4(a^4)(b^5)) ----the entire expression is under a square root

(^3√20(x^2)(y)) (^3√16(x^2)(y^5)) -------those are cube roots in the index

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  1. Factor out the common values, which will be a^4b^3

    √a^4b^3(a²-4ab+4b²) , anything squared can be moved outside the radical by square rooting it, such as a^4b^2, which will leave a b inside

    a²b√b(a²-4ab+4b²) , factor the a²-4ab+4b² part now

    a²b√b(a-2b)(a-2b), which is just a²b√b(a-2b)² , which we can remove from the radical

    a²b(a-2b)√b

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