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What is the simplified form of (2x^1/2y^2/3)(4x^1/4y^5/6).

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Answer:

The simplified form is:
(1)/(2)x^{(1)/(4)}y^{-(1)/(6)} or
\frac{x^{(1)/(4)}}{2y^{(1)/(6)}}

Explanation:

So we need to find the simplified form of:


\frac{2x^{(1)/(2)}y^{(2)/(3)}}{4x^{(1)/(4)}y^{(5)/(6)}}

We know that:

(a^m)/(a^n) = a^(m-n)

Then:


(2)/(4)x^{(1)/(2) - (1)/(4) }y^{(2)/(3)-(5)/(6)}

Simplifien the expression:


(1)/(2)x^{(1)/(4)}y^{-(1)/(6)}

So, the simplified form is:


(1)/(2)x^{(1)/(4)}y^{-(1)/(6)} or
\frac{x^{(1)/(4)}}{2y^{(1)/(6)}}

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