SOLUTION: I need help with this radical equation and evaluating: 25^(-3/4)

Question 255033: I need help with this radical equation and evaluating: 25^(-3/4)
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First of all, it is not an equation. An equation equates something with an equal sign.
It is an expression .
What does

mean
The minus sign says to take a reciprocal
so it is really
the 3 of 3/4 says to cube it

the 4 says to take its fourth root.

but we try not to leave radicals in the denominator.
So we multiply by
which yields

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