Question

How do you simplify `9x^(1/5)-2x^(1/5)`?

Answer 1

`7x^(1/5)`

or can be written as:

`7root(5)(x)`

Explanation:

`9x^(1/5)-2x^(1/5)`

Since the base is the same we can subtract the coefficients:

`9x^(1/5)-2x^(1/5)=7x^(1/5)`