What Am I Doing Wrong with My Powers?

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camboguy

what am i doing wrong here? its an easy problem but what the heck am i doing wrong?

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Dustinsfl

u⁵u^1/2=u^5+1/2=u^11/2

Your powers are wrong for u

Dick

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The problem is with the second term. u^5*u^(1/3) is not u^6.5.

Mark44

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Dustinsfl said:

u⁵u^1/2=u^5+1/2=u^11/2

Your powers are wrong for u

11/2 = 5.5, so there's nothing wrong here.