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| Question 582434:  Hi, I'm having a lot of trouble with a couple of different questions. I did do the homework on this, but I feel like I did not do an example like this.
 A) (25u^2)^5/2
 
 B) b^2/3b^2/3 / -b^1/3
 C) Find the perimeter of the trapezoid. This one they gave us a problem like it, but they never made us set it up fully. So I'm not even sure how to set it up.
 Sides: 4 square root of 50, 2 square root of 72, 3 square root of 2, & the square root of 50.
 Answer by stanbon(75887)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! A) (25u^2)^(5/2) -----
 The 2 in the exponent denominator means "take the square root".
 The 5 in the exponent numerator means "raise to the 5th power".
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 (25u^2)^(5/2) = (5u)^5 = 3125u^5
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 B) b^2/3b^(2/3) / -b^(1/3)
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 = [b^(4/3)/3] / [-b^(1/3)
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 = [b^(4/3)/[-3b^(1/3)]
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 = b/(-3)
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 = (-1/3)b
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 C) Find the perimeter of the trapezoid. This one they gave us a problem like it, but they never made us set it up fully. So I'm not even sure how to set it up.
 Sides: 4 square root of 50, 2 square root of 72, 3 square root of 2, & the square root of 50.
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 P =  2sqrt(50) + 2sqrt(72)+3sqrt(2)+sqrt(50)
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 P = 2*5sqrt(2) + 2*6sqrt(2) + 3 sqrt(2) + 5sqrt(2)
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 P = 30sqrt(2)
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 Cheers,
 Stan H.
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