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Convert three radical expressions that have compound radicands (products of numbers and variables) into rational exponent form using the equivalence .
ⓐ : No index is shown, so it is . The denominator of the rational exponent is . The entire radicand is the base, so it must be enclosed in parentheses: .
ⓑ : The index is , so the denominator of the exponent is . The entire radicand is the base: .
ⓒ : The index is , so the denominator of the exponent is . The radicand becomes the base raised to the power. The coefficient stays outside the exponential expression as a multiplier: .
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