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User Longhua
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Answer:

16x^(4/5)

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x

Explanation:

While you don't specifically state what you're supposed to do with this expression, it's an easy guess that you want to rationalize the denominator.

Let's write it as

16

------------ . We want to eliminate the radical from the denominator.

x^(1/5)

To accomplish this, multiply numerator and denominator by x^(4/5). Note that [x^(1/5)][x^(4/5)] = x^1 = x, which is what we want for the new denominator.


We end up with:

16x^(4/5)

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x


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