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\begin{aligned} \sqrt{8}^\frac{1}{3} \end{aligned}

2
4
\begin{aligned} \sqrt{2} \end{aligned}
8

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

\begin{aligned}
= ((8)^\frac{1}{2})^\frac{1}{3} = 8^{(\frac{1}{2} \times \frac{1}{3})}
\end{aligned}

\begin{aligned}
= (8)^{\frac{1}{6}}
\end{aligned}

\begin{aligned}
= (2)^{3(\frac{1}{6})}
\end{aligned}

\begin{aligned}
= (2)^{\frac{1}{2}}
\end{aligned}

1. Evaluate \begin{aligned} 256^{0.16} \times (256)^{0.09} \end{aligned}

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

\begin{aligned}
= 256^{0.16+0.09} = 256^{0.25} = 256^{\frac{25}{100}}
\end{aligned}

\begin{aligned}
= 256^{\frac{1}{4}}= (4^4)^{\frac{1}{4}}
\end{aligned}

\begin{aligned}
=(4)^{4 \times \frac{1}{4}} = 4
\end{aligned}

2. Find the value of
\begin{aligned} (10)^{150} \div (10)^{146} \end{aligned}

10
100
1000
10000

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

\begin{aligned}
= \frac{(10)^{150}}{(10)^{146}} = 10^4 = 10000
\end{aligned}

3. If m and n are whole numbers such that
\begin{aligned} m^n=121 \end{aligned}
, the value of \begin{aligned} (m-1)^{n + 1} \end{aligned} is

1
10
100
1000

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

We know that \begin{aligned} (11)^2 = 121
\end{aligned}
So, putting values in said equation we get,
\begin{aligned} (11-1)^{2 + 1} = (10)^3 = 1000 \end{aligned}

4. \begin{aligned}
\text{If }x = \left(8 + 3\sqrt{7}\right),\text{ what is the value of }\\\left(\sqrt{x} - \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{x}}\right)?
\end{aligned}

\begin{aligned} \sqrt{13} \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} \sqrt{14} \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} \sqrt{15} \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} \sqrt{16} \end{aligned}

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

\begin{align}&\left(\sqrt{x} - \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{x}}\right)^2\\\\
&= x - 2 + \dfrac{1}{x}\\\\
&= x + \dfrac{1}{x} - 2 \\\\
&= \left(8 + 3\sqrt{7}\right) + \dfrac{1}{\left(8 + 3\sqrt{7}\right)} - 2 \\\\
&= \left(8 + 3\sqrt{7}\right) + \dfrac{\left(8 - 3\sqrt{7}\right)}{\left(8 + 3\sqrt{7}\right)\left(8 - 3\sqrt{7}\right)} - 2 \\\\
&= \left(8 + 3\sqrt{7}\right) + \dfrac{\left(8 - 3\sqrt{7}\right)}{8^2 - \left(3\sqrt{7}\right)^2} - 2 \\\\
&= \left(8 + 3\sqrt{7}\right) + \dfrac{\left(8 - 3\sqrt{7}\right)}{64 - 63} - 2 \\\\
&= \left(8 + 3\sqrt{7}\right) + \dfrac{\left(8 - 3\sqrt{7}\right)}{1} - 2 \\\\
&= 8 + 3\sqrt{7} + 8 - 3\sqrt{7} - 2 \\\\
&= 14 \\\\
&\text{as }\left(\sqrt{x} - \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{x}}\right)^2 = 14\\\\
&\text{so ,}\left(\sqrt{x} - \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{x}}\right) = \sqrt{14}\end{align}