How do you simplify 3(4/9)^(-3/2)?

1 Answer
Mar 12, 2017

81/8.

Explanation:

3(4/9)^(-3/2)

3{4^(-3/2)/9^(-3/2)},..........[because, (a/b)^m=a^m/b^m]

=3{(2^2)^(-3/2)/(3^2)^(-3/2)}

=3{2^(2*(-3/2))/3^(2*(-3/2))},...[because, (a^m)^n=a^(m*n)]

=3{2^(-3)/3^(-3)}

3{(1/2^3)/(1/3^3)},............[because, a^-m=(1/a^m)]

3{(1/8)-:(1/27)}

=3{1/8xx27}

=3(27/8)

=81/8.

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