SOLUTION: How do you solve the cuberoot of 4 divided by the 5th root of 8? Thanks

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Question 307082: How do you solve the cuberoot of 4 divided by the 5th root of 8?
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How do you solve the cuberoot of 4 divided by the 5th root of 8?
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convert to exponent form
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4^(1/3)
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8^(1/5)
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4 = 2^2 and 8 = 2^3, therefore we can write this as:
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2^(2/3)
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2^(3/5)
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like terms so we can combine the exponents;
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2^(2/3 - 3/5) = 2^(10/15 - 9/15) = 2^(1/15)