Simplify. Assume that the variables are positive. $$\sqrt { y ^ { 17 } }$$
A) $y ^ { 9 } \sqrt { y ^ { 8 } }$
B) $y ^ { 8 } \sqrt { y }$
C) $y ^ { 8 }$
D) $17 y ^ { 8 } \sqrt { y }$
E) $y ^ { 7 } \sqrt { y }$

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Using the properties of radicals, we can simplify $\sqrt {y^{17}}$ as $\sqrt{y^{16}\cdot y}=y^8\sqrt{y}$. So the answer is choice B.

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