I'm doing my homework and there are a couple of things that I am having trouble grasping. All my homework asks is that I simplify the exponents. For example: 6^5 * 6^3 = 6^8
There are 2 problems I am unsure on what to do. They have to do with multiplying fractions:
(7^3)^5/6
= 7^5/2
is the answer but I don't understand how they got to that. I know there is a certain example I was shown where you had to get common demonators and such but if I apply that it doesn't turn out well. Same for this problem:
(7^3/5)^5/6
= 7^2
3^5/2 * 3^-2
= 3^1/2