SOLUTION: Use the laws of exponents to simplify 8.2^7/4 over 8.2 2/7?

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Question 401460: Use the laws of exponents to simplify 8.2^7/4 over 8.2 2/7?
Answer by jsmallt9(3758)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I assume the problem is:

The rule for exponents when dividing is to subtract the exponents. Using this rule we get:

Since the exponents are fractions, they need to have common denominators before we subtract them:

which simplifies to:

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