Question

Multiply x^1/4 times x^5/8

Answer 1

Multiplying exponents with the same base means we just have to add the exponents. We can multiply both the numerator and denominator of 1/4 by 2 to get 2/8, and adding 2/8 and 5/8, we get 7/8. So x^1/4 times x^5/8 is x^7/8.
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