Simplify ((2x^(1/3))^2)/(x^(1/6))

$\frac{{(2 x^{\frac{1}{3}})}^{2}}{x^{\frac{1}{6}}}$

Step 1

Simplify the numerator.

Apply the product rule to $2 x^{\frac{1}{3}}$ .

$\frac{2^{2} {(x^{\frac{1}{3}})}^{2}}{x^{\frac{1}{6}}}$

Raise $2$ to the power of $2$ .

$\frac{4 {(x^{\frac{1}{3}})}^{2}}{x^{\frac{1}{6}}}$

Multiply the exponents in ${(x^{\frac{1}{3}})}^{2}$ .

Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, ${(a^{m})}^{n} = a^{m n}$ .

$\frac{4 x^{\frac{1}{3} \cdot 2}}{x^{\frac{1}{6}}}$

Combine $\frac{1}{3}$ and $2$ .

$\frac{4 x^{\frac{2}{3}}}{x^{\frac{1}{6}}}$

Step 2

Move $x^{\frac{1}{6}}$ to the numerator using the negative exponent rule $\frac{1}{b^{n}} = b^{- n}$ .

$4 x^{\frac{2}{3}} x^{- \frac{1}{6}}$

Step 3

Multiply $x^{\frac{2}{3}}$ by $x^{- \frac{1}{6}}$ by adding the exponents.

Move $x^{- \frac{1}{6}}$ .

$4 (x^{- \frac{1}{6}} x^{\frac{2}{3}})$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$4 x^{- \frac{1}{6} + \frac{2}{3}}$

To write $\frac{2}{3}$ as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by $\frac{2}{2}$ .

$4 x^{- \frac{1}{6} + \frac{2}{3} \cdot \frac{2}{2}}$

Write each expression with a common denominator of $6$ , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of $1$ .

Multiply $\frac{2}{3}$ by $\frac{2}{2}$ .

$4 x^{- \frac{1}{6} + \frac{2 \cdot 2}{3 \cdot 2}}$

Multiply $3$ by $2$ .

$4 x^{- \frac{1}{6} + \frac{2 \cdot 2}{6}}$

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$4 x^{\frac{- 1 + 2 \cdot 2}{6}}$

Simplify the numerator.

Multiply $2$ by $2$ .

$4 x^{\frac{- 1 + 4}{6}}$

Add $- 1$ and $4$ .

$4 x^{\frac{3}{6}}$

Cancel the common factor of $3$ and $6$ .

Factor $3$ out of $3$ .

$4 x^{\frac{3 (1)}{6}}$

Cancel the common factors.

Factor $3$ out of $6$ .

$4 x^{\frac{3 \cdot 1}{3 \cdot 2}}$

Cancel the common factor.

$4 x^{\frac{3 \cdot 1}{3 \cdot 2}}$

Rewrite the expression.

$4 x^{\frac{1}{2}}$