why is 7/7^(1/3) =7^(2/3) and not 7^(1/2) ?

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Guest Mar 12, 2015

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The rules, when you are dividing numbers with the same base (7), to different exponents, state that you must subtract the exponents.

therefore subtracting 1-(1/3), which is (3/3)-(1/3)=2/3.

so 7^(1-1/3)=7^2/3

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Guest · Answer 1 · 2015-03-12T07:14:40

The rules, when you are dividing numbers with the same base (7), to different exponents, state that you must subtract the exponents.

therefore subtracting 1-(1/3), which is (3/3)-(1/3)=2/3.

so 7^(1-1/3)=7^2/3