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How do you simplify $25^{- \frac{1}{2}}$ $25^(-1/2)$ ?

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Konstantinos Michailidis

Oct 2, 2015

It is $25^{- \frac{1}{2}} = {(5^{2})}^{- \frac{1}{2}} = 5^{- 1} = \frac{1}{5}$ $25^(-1/2)=(5^2)^(-1/2)=5^(-1)=1/5$

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