Explain how the definition of the meaning of rational exponents follows from extending the properties of integer exponents to those values, allowing for a notation for radicals in terms of rational exponents.
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CCSS.Math.Content.HSN-RN.A.1
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Depth 2Parent ID: E732A7EE667E415F93590823867FDF1BStandard set: High School — Number and Quantity
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- CCSS.Math.Content.HSN-RN.A.1
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- 1.
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- 14A94AB5D95D4B829A7FFEB189AE59D1
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- S2554453
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- Mathematics (2010-)
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- 09, 10, 11, 12
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- New Mexico Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (2010)
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For example, we define 5<sup>1/3</sup> to be the cube root of 5 because we want (5<sup>1/3</sup>)³ = 5(<sup>1/3</sup>)³ to hold, so (5<sup>1/3</sup>)³ must equal 5.