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Recall: Exponent Rules in Technical Documentation

A technical documentation specialist is updating a machine calibration manual that includes the expression a8a53\sqrt[3]{\frac{a^8}{a^5}}. According to the standard procedures for simplifying higher roots of quotients, the specialist must first reduce the fraction inside the radical to a3a^3. What is the official name of the property of exponents that allows for this reduction?

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