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OpenStudy (anonymous):
Simplify. square root of 5 over cube root of 5
5 to the power of negative 1 over 6
5 to the power of negative 1 over 6
5 to the power of 5 over 6
im not sure how to do this I thought u were supposed to subtract the exponents but like idk
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
\[\huge \frac{ \sqrt{5} }{ \sqrt[3]{5} }?\]
12 years ago
OpenStudy (anonymous):
yes sorry
12 years ago
OpenStudy (anonymous):
\[\sqrt{5} \implies 5^{1/2}\]
\[\sqrt[3]{5} \implies 5^{\frac{ 1 }{ 3 }}\]
12 years ago
OpenStudy (anonymous):
Yes you're in the right path.
12 years ago
OpenStudy (anonymous):
ok i thought that was how to do it but im not sure how they got the denominator to be 6
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
\[\huge \frac{ \sqrt{5} }{ \sqrt[3]{5} } \implies \frac{ 5^{\frac{ 1 }{ 2 }} }{ 5^{\frac{ 1 }{ 3 }} } \implies 5^{\frac{ 1 }{ 2 }-\frac{ 1 }{ 3 }}\]
12 years ago
OpenStudy (anonymous):
Does that make sense?
12 years ago
OpenStudy (anonymous):
\[\frac{ 1 }{ 2 }-\frac{ 1 }{ 3 } = ?\]
12 years ago
OpenStudy (anonymous):
yes um -1
12 years ago
OpenStudy (anonymous):
I see the problem, you need to work on your fractions, 1/2 -1/3 is not -1, it's actually 1/6.
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
o lol i suck at math but then it would 5 1/6 right
12 years ago
OpenStudy (anonymous):
Correct or \[\sqrt[6]{5}\]
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
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