document.write( "Question 29173: x^1/3 multiplied by x^5/2, divided by x^-1/5 \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "-- the directions on the problem say \"simplify the expression. Express the answer so that only positive exponents occur. Assume that all variables are positive when they appear.\"\r
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x^1/3 multiplied by x^5/2, divided by x^-1/5 \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "-- the directions on the problem say \"simplify the expression. Express the answer so that only positive exponents occur. Assume that all variables are positive when they appear.\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x^1/3 multiplied by x^5/2, divided by x^-1/5 \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(x^1/3 X x^5/2)/( x^-1/5)
\n" ); document.write( "=x^(1/3+5/2)X [1/x^(-1/5)] { [something]/t = {that something X(1/t) }(example: (a/b) = aX(1/b) )
\n" ); document.write( "=x^(1/3+5/2)X x^(1/5) (using 1/[a^(-m)] =(a)^(m)
\n" ); document.write( "=x^[(2X1+3X5)/6] X [x^(1/5)] [using (a)^m X(a)^n = (a)^(m+n)] (and finding the lcm)
\n" ); document.write( "=x^(17/6) X x^(1/5)
\n" ); document.write( "=x^(17/6+1/5) [using (a)^m X(a)^n = (a)^(m+n)]
\n" ); document.write( "=x^[(5X17+6X1)/30] (finding the lcm)
\n" ); document.write( "=x[(85+6)/30]
\n" ); document.write( "=x^(91/30) \n" ); document.write( "
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