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Please explain how to solve it​-example-1
User Syfer
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Answer:
(8x^3)/(27y^6)

This is the fraction 8x^3 all over 27y^6

On a keyboard, we can write it as (8x^3)/(27y^6)

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Step-by-step explanation:

The exponent tells you how many copies of the base to multiply with itself.

We'll have three copies of
\left((2x)/(3y^2)\right) multiplied with itself due to the cube exponent on the outside.

So,


\left((2x)/(3y^2)\right)^3 = \left((2x)/(3y^2)\right)*\left((2x)/(3y^2)\right)*\left((2x)/(3y^2)\right)\\\\\left((2x)/(3y^2)\right)^3 = (2x*2x*2x)/((3y^2)*(3y^2)*(3y^2))\\\\\left((2x)/(3y^2)\right)^3 = ((2*2*2)*(x*x*x))/((3*3*3)*(y^2*y^2*y^2))\\\\\left((2x)/(3y^2)\right)^3 = (8x^3)/(9y^6)\\\\

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Or another approach you could take is to cube each component of the fraction. The rule I'm referring to is
\left((a)/(b)\right)^c = (a^c)/(b^c)

Applying that rule will lead to:


\left((2x)/(3y^2)\right)^3 = ((2x)^3)/((3y^2)^3)\\\\\left((2x)/(3y^2)\right)^3 = (2^3*x^3)/(3^3*(y^2)^3)\\\\\left((2x)/(3y^2)\right)^3 = (8x^3)/(27y^(2*3))\\\\\left((2x)/(3y^2)\right)^3 = (8x^3)/(27y^6)\\\\

Either way you should get 8x^3 all over 27y^6 as one fraction.

User Jubueche
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You just distribute the power of 3 so it should end up as
(8x^3)/(27y^6)

(the 3 and the 2 multiply to equal 6)

Hope it helps!
User Josefa
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