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WHAT IS SQUARE ROOT OF X RAISE TO -25

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Answer:


\displaystyle (1)/(x^(12)√(x))

Explanation:

We can simplify the expression:


\displaystyle \sqrt{x^(-25)}

by rewriting the overarching square root as a power of 1/2:


\displaystyle \left(x^(-25)\right)^(\!1/2)

This simplifies using the power to a power exponent rule:


\left(x^a\right)^b = x^((a\,\cdot\,b))

↓ applying this rule to the expression


x^(-25/2)

Then, we can separate the whole x's from the fractional x:


\displaystyle \begin{aligned}x^(-25/2) &= x^(-12.5) \\ &= \left(x^(-12)\right)\left(x^(-0.5)\right)\end{aligned}

using the product of powers exponent rule:


(x^a)(x^b) = x^((a\,+\,b))

Finally, the resulting factors can be rewritten without negative or fractional exponents:


\displaystyle \left(x^(-12)\right)\left(x^(-1/2)\right) = (1)/(x^(12)) \cdot (1)/(√(x))


\displaystyle \boxed{=(1)/(x^(12)√(x))}

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