SOLUTION: cube root of 175/cube root of 50

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Question 110299: cube root of 175/cube root of 50
Answer by bucky(2189) About Me  (Show Source):
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Simplify:
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%28root%283%2C175%29%2Froot%283%2C50%29%29
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You can apply the rules of exponents as shown below:
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The you can cross out terms in the numerator with the same terms in the denominator as
shown below:
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and you are left with:
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root%283%2C7%29%2Froot%283%2C2%29
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This is a simplified form of the answer.
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You can use a calculator to calculate the two cube roots and to divide them. If you do that,
you get the numeric answer to be 1.51829448594
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Hope this helps you to understand the problem.
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