SOLUTION: Simplify: 32 to the -2/5 root

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Question 31690: Simplify: 32 to the -2/5 root

Answer by mukhopadhyay(490) About Me  (Show Source):
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32^(-2/5)
=(2^5)^(-2/5)
= 2^(-5*2/5)
= 2^(-2)
= 1/4