What does it mean to take a positive rational number to a whole number power?

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I need to know how to take positive rational numbers to whole number powers
 
jim1174 said:
I need to know how to take positive rational numbers to whole number powers

Do you mean like what is, for example, (1/2)3?

In general, (a/b)n = an / bn, where a,b are real numbers, b ≠ 0, and n is a positive integer.
 

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