How do you simplify $(2/x)^5$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-28T20:59:37

$32/x^5$

In the same that $a^5 =axxaxxaxxaxxa$

Then $(2/x)^5$ has the same process applied to all the contents of the brackets in that we have:

$(2/x)^5=(2/x)xx(2/x)xx(2/x)xx(2/x)xx(2/x)$

$=(2^5)/x^5$

$=32/x^5$

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