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Which number is equivalent to 32^3/5

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when a number is raised to the power of a rational number it becomes a root of the denominator's order and the number inside the root is raised by the power of the numerator

for example


x^{(a)/(b) }=\sqrt[b]{x^a}

in this case


32^{(3)/(5) }=\sqrt[5]{32^3}


=\sqrt[5]{32768}

=8