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8.3 Exercise 74

Avg difficulty 2.5

Simplify. Assume all variables are positive.

ⓐ r52·r−12r−32\frac{r^{\frac{5}{2}} \cdot r^{- \frac{1}{2}}}{r^{- \frac{3}{2}}} ⓑ (36s15t−32s−95t12)12\left(\frac{36 s^{\frac{1}{5}} t^{- \frac{3}{2}}}{s^{- \frac{9}{5}} t^{\frac{1}{2}}}\right)^{\frac{1}{2}}

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