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the expression 8^5/3 can be calculated exactly as 32 by finding the cube root first and then raising it to the fifth power

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Be careful with notation. If you mean 8^(5/3), then yes:

8^(5/3) = (8^(1/3))^5 = (cube root of 8)^5 = 2^5 = 32.

If you literally mean (8^5)/3, that is 32768/3 ≈ 10922.666..., which is different.