#Simplifying radicals

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lost halo
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how do you begin by solving this?

languid radishBOT
vapid igloo
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use that $\sqrt[3]{x} = x^{1/3}$

robust obsidianBOT
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Denascite

vapid igloo
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and then use exponent properties

lost halo
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i tried that

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but didnt know where to go next

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so I began with but after multiplying 2*4 i had no idea what to do it was mostly a dead end

lost halo
lost halo
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that's why i asked?

tiny solar
smoky scroll
lost halo
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I was gonna do that

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but here i was confused

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do I do $(5^4)^\frac{1}{3}$ or do $5^4 = 625$ then do $625^\frac{1}{3}$

robust obsidianBOT
lost halo
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wait nvm I forgot, either way it'll give me a decimal so again that's where i got confused i wasn't supposed to get a decimal

white spear
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,,\sqrt[3]{5ab^2c}^4\
\sqrt[3]{5ab^2c}^3\sqrt[3]{5ab^2c}\
\boxed{5ab^2c\sqrt{5ab^2c}}

robust obsidianBOT
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mtt07734

white spear
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.solved