document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=455917>Question 455917</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how an expression with a rational exponent can be rewritten as a radical expression? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The laws for rational exponents work exactly the same as the laws for integer exponents. Here is a review of the laws of exponents\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Exponent Laws:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Product Law: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5Ea%2Ax%5Eb=x%5E%28a%2Bb%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5Ea%2Ax%5Eb=x%5E%28a%2Bb%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Power to a Power: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x%5Ea%29%5Eb=x%5E%28a%2Ab%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x%5Ea%29%5Eb=x%5E%28a%2Ab%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Product to a Power: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28xy%29%5Ea=x%5Ea%2Ay%5Ea%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28xy%29%5Ea=x%5Ea%2Ay%5Ea%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Quotient Law:<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5Ea%2Fx%5Eb=%28x%29%5E%28a-b%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5Ea%2Fx%5Eb=%28x%29%5E%28a-b%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Quotient to a Power :<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x%2Fy%29%5Ea=x%5Ea%2Fy%5Ea%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x%2Fy%29%5Ea=x%5Ea%2Fy%5Ea%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's look at this problem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=25%5E%281%2F2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"25%5E%281%2F2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To convert a rational exponent to a radical the denominator becomes the index  and the numerator of the exponent stays with the number or variable and is in the radicand\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=25%5E%281%2F2%29=+sqrt%2825%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"25%5E%281%2F2%29=+sqrt%2825%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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