What does it mean to take positive rational numbers to whole

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Exponentiating positive rational numbers to whole-number powers involves raising fractions of the form (\frac{h}{k}) to a whole number exponent m. This process results in a new rational number expressed as \frac{h^m}{k^m}. The discussion clarifies that for whole numbers h, k, and m, the outcome remains a positive rational number, reinforcing the properties of rational numbers under exponentiation.

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What does it mean to take positive rational numbers to whole-number powers?
 
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Exponentiate positive rational numbers (fractions) to whole-number exponents.

Let h, k, m be whole numbers .
An exponential expression may be expressed in a form (\frac{h}{k})^m,
in which \frac{h}{k} is a rational number.
 

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