Use your calculator and the rules of exponents to solve for y. Note that all the radicals are expressed in exponential form.

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(a) y522-(1/2) +29-(1/2) 522 -(1/2) y = 29 = 18-(1/2) = 18-0.5 pr (Rule 5) To find 18-0.5, enter 18, press the and hit the key. (b) y 15-(1/4). 23-(1/4) Entering 345, hitting the hitting the key, (c) y = (65611/4)1/2 key, then enter 0.5 followed by the key to make it negative, y = 0.23570 y (15.23) (1/4) = 345-(1/4) = 345-0.25 key, then entering 0.25 followed by the key to make it negative and y = 0.23203 y = (6561)1/4-1/2 = 65611/8 = 65610.125 Entering 6561, pressing the key, entering 0.125, then hitting the key, (Rule 3) y = = 3