How do you simplify $x^{\frac{2}{5}}$ $x^(2/5)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-12-03T09:35:55

See explanation.

The general rule for simplifying fractional exponents is:

$a^{- \frac{m}{n}} = \frac{1}{\sqrt[n]{a^{m}}}$ $a^{-m/n}=1/root(n)(a^m)$

In the example the exponent is positive, so there is no reciprocal in the simplified expression: