Question

help on properties of exponents?

A rectangle has a length of the fifth root of 16 inches and a width of 2 to the 1 over 5 power inches. Find the area of the rectangle.

a. 2 to the 3 over 5 power inches squared

b. 2 to the 4 over 5 power inches squared

c. 2 inches squared

d. 2 to the 2 over 5 power inches squared


2.)Rewrite the rational exponent as a radical by extending the properties of integer exponents.

2 to the 7 over 8 power, over 2 to the 1 over 4 power

a. the eighth root of 2 to the fifth power

b. the fifth root of 2 to the eighth power

c. the square root of 2 to the 5 over 8 power

d. the fourth root of 2 to the sixth power