document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=255033>Question 255033</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need help with this radical equation and evaluating: 25^(-3/4) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #187320 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><B>richwmiller(17219)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richwmiller><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=187320\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> First of all, it is not an equation. An equation equates something with an equal sign.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It is an expression .<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " mean<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The minus sign says to take a reciprocal<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so it is really <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F25%5E%283%2F4%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F25%5E%283%2F4%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "the 3 of 3/4 says to cube it \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the 4 says to take its fourth root. <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F5sqrt%285%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F5sqrt%285%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "but we try not to leave radicals in the denominator.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So we multiply by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%285%29%2Fsqrt%285%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%285%29%2Fsqrt%285%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "which yields<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%285%29%2F25 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%285%29%2F25\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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