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Further practice simplifying higher-order roots of fractions by first reducing them.
ⓐ : Rewrite showing common factors: . Cancel the to obtain . Because , the root evaluates to .
ⓑ : Rewrite showing common factors: . Cancel the to obtain . Because , the root evaluates to .
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