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${\\LARGE\\sqrt[\\var{t1}]{a^\\var{a1}}}$

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${\\LARGE\\dfrac{\\sqrt[\\var{t}]{a^\\var{a}}*(a^\\var{b})^{\\var{c}}}{(a^\\var{d})^{1/\\var{f}}}}$

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${\\LARGE\\dfrac{\\sqrt[\\var{s2}]{a^{\\var{b2}}*(a^{\\var{c2}})^{\\var{d2}}}}{\\sqrt[\\var{t2}]{a^{\\var{f2}}*(a^{\\var{g2}})^{\\var{h2}}}}}$

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Express the following as a power of a, writing the power in the box provided. Write the power as a fraction or as an integer.

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Write each of the numbers as a power of a, write the n'th root as: to the power 1/n. Then apply the index laws to combine the powers. Thus \\[{\\LARGE\\sqrt[\\var{t1}]{a^\\var{a1}}=(a^\\var{a1})^{1/\\var{t1}}=a^{\\simplify{{a1}/{t1}}}},\\]\n \\[{\\LARGE\\dfrac{\\sqrt[\\var{t}]{a^\\var{a}}*(a^\\var{b})^{\\var{c}}}{(a^\\var{d})^{1/\\var{f}}}=\\dfrac{(a^{\\var{a}})^{1/ \\var{t}} * (a^{\\var{b}})^{\\var{c}}}{(a^{\\var{d}})^{1/\\var{f}}}=\\dfrac{a^{\\var{a}/\\var{t}} * a^{\\var{b* c}}}{a^{\\var{d}/\\var{f}}}}\\] \n \\[{\\LARGE=a^{\\var{a}/\\var{t}} * a^{\\var{b* c}}*a^{-\\var{d}/\\var{f}}=a^{\\simplify{{m}/{n}}}},\\]\n \\[{\\LARGE\\dfrac{\\sqrt[\\var{s2}]{a^{\\var{b2}}*(a^{\\var{c2}})^{\\var{d2}}}}{\\sqrt[\\var{t2}]{a^{\\var{f2}}*(a^{\\var{g2}})^{\\var{h2}}}}=\\dfrac{(a^{\\var{b2}}*a^{\\var{c2*d2}})^{1/\\var{s2}}}{(a^{\\var{f2}}*a^{\\var{g2*h2}})^{1/\\var{t2}}}}\\]\n \\[{\\LARGE=\\dfrac{(a^{\\var{b2+c2*d2}})^{1/\\var{s2}}}{(a^{\\var{f2+g2*h2}})^{1/\\var{t2}}}=\\dfrac{a^{\\simplify{{p2}/{s2}}}}{a^{\\simplify{{q2}/{t2}}}}=a^{\\simplify{{m2}/{n2}}}}\\]\n

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