SOLUTION: 5th root of -1/32 Simplify

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Question 240631: 5th root of -1/32
Simplify
Answer by rapaljer(4671) About Me  (Show Source):
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Before you try to do any 5th root, you need to know your perfect 5th powers. The one ones you really need to worry about are 1^5=1 and 2^5=32. Also, you need to know that an odd power of a negative, like %28-1%29%5E5=-1, is a negative

Your problem is root%285%2C-1%2F32%29

Rewrite this
%28root%285%2C-1%29%29%2F%28root%285%2C32%29%29
%28-1%29%2F2

Dr. Robert J. Rapalje, Retired
Seminole State College of Florida
Altamonte Springs Campus