Question 582434
A) (25u^2)^(5/2)
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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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