Question

medal and fan please help me!!!!!!!!! I really need help, I have done this lesson, but that was useless, I have no clue how to do this, I'm so confused!!!!! Please help me out!!! :)

Answer 1

I do not know how to do this at all :/

Answer 2

HI!!!

Answer 3

write both in exponential notation

Answer 4

\[\sqrt8=8^{\frac{1}{2}}\]and
\[\sqrt[5]{8}=8^{\frac{1}{5}}\]

Answer 5

you have
\[\huge \frac{8^{\frac{1}{2}}}{8^{\frac{1}{5}}}\]

Answer 6

hi!! Ok

Answer 7

then use the property of exponents to get
\[\huge 8^{\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{5}}\]

Answer 8

Hmm
could u refresh me on the property of exponents please?

Answer 9

so your real job is to do the subtraction
\[\huge \frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{5}\]

Answer 10

that property is when you divide, you subtract the exponents
sometimes written as
\[\huge \frac{b^m}{b^n}=b^{m-n}\]

Answer 11

oh ok, lol I knew that XD

Answer 12

So that would be 3/10

Answer 13

Therefore my answer is C, right?

Answer 14

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