SOLUTION: Provide the class with a third expression to simplify that includes rational (fractional) exponents.

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Question 126529: Provide the class with a third expression to
simplify that includes rational (fractional) exponents.

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's say you had the expression


(note: the top two exponents from left to right are and



Now let's simplify:



Start with the given expression


Multiply the numerators by adding the exponents


Add the exponents and to get


Divide the expression by subtracting the exponents


Subtract the exponents from to get



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Answer:

So simplifies to (this says x to the fraction power )



In other words,

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