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How do I simplify this? Very lost

How do I simplify this? Very lost-example-1
User MobileTofu
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There are a few rules to work with here...first:

a^b/(a^c)=a^(b-c) so for the part in the parentheses the y terms become:

(y^-3/(8x^6))^(-1/3)

and y^-3=1/y^3 so we have

(1/(8x^6*y^3))^(-1/3)

The other rule is that a^(-b)=1/a^b so we can just flip the fraction...

(8y^3*x^6)^(1/3) since everything inside is a perfect cube...

2yx^2
User Mattia Nocerino
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