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mmkay so im new at this..but i cant figure these out to save my life.. and i have a test in about six hours which is what either make me pass or fail the class..so herei go:

simplify:

the cube root of 'A' to the fourth over nine.
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mmkay so im new at this..but i cant figure these out to save my life.. and i have a test in about six hours which is what either make me pass or fail the class..so herei go:

simplify:

the cube root of 'A' to the fourth over nine.
You mean (\sqrt[3]{A})^{\frac49}?

(\sqrt[3]{A})^{\frac49} = ((A)^{\frac13})^{\frac49} = (A)^{{\frac13}{\frac49}} = A^{\frac4{27}}

But I doubt this is a simplification... looks like a complication....
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\frac{(\sqrt[3]a)^4}{9}
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