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Simplify the radical expression.\newline12x12\sqrt{12x^{12}}\newlineWrite your answer in the form AA, B\sqrt{B}, or ABA\sqrt{B}, where AA and BB are constants or expressions in xx. Use at most one radical in your answer, and at most one absolute value symbol in your expression for AA.\newline\underline{\hspace{3cm}}

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Q. Simplify the radical expression.\newline12x12\sqrt{12x^{12}}\newlineWrite your answer in the form AA, B\sqrt{B}, or ABA\sqrt{B}, where AA and BB are constants or expressions in xx. Use at most one radical in your answer, and at most one absolute value symbol in your expression for AA.\newline\underline{\hspace{3cm}}
  1. Factorizing 1212: First, we need to factor the number 1212 into its prime factors to see if any of them can be taken out of the square root.\newline1212 can be factored into 2×2×32 \times 2 \times 3, which is 22×32^2 \times 3.
  2. Rewriting x12x^{12}: Next, we look at the variable part, x12x^{12}. Since the exponent is even, we can rewrite x12x^{12} as (x6)2(x^{6})^{2}, which is a perfect square.
  3. Rewriting the expression: Now we can rewrite the original expression using these factors:\newline12x12=223(x6)2\sqrt{12x^{12}} = \sqrt{2^2 \cdot 3 \cdot (x^6)^2}.
  4. Taking the square root: We can take the square root of the perfect squares, which are 222^2 and (x6)2(x^6)^2, and move them outside the square root. The square root of 222^2 is 22, and the square root of (x6)2(x^6)^2 is x6x^6.\newlineSo, we have 2x632x^6 \cdot \sqrt{3}.
  5. Final simplified expression: The expression 2x632x^6 \sqrt{3} is already simplified and in the form ABA\sqrt{B}, where AA is 2x62x^6 and BB is 33. There is no need for an absolute value symbol because x6x^6 is always non-negative.

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