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Simplify and express as positive indices:

(a2b)12×(ab3)13(a^{-2}b)^{\dfrac{1}{2}} \times (ab^{-3})^{\dfrac{1}{3}}

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(a2b)12×(ab3)13=(a2×12b12)×(a13b3×13)=(a1b12)×(a13b1)=(a1+13b12+(1))=(a33+13b12+22)=(a3+13b122)=(a23b12)=1a23b12(a^{-2}b)^{\dfrac{1}{2}} \times (ab^{-3})^{\dfrac{1}{3}}\\[1em] = \Big(a^{-2\times\dfrac{1}{2}}b^{\dfrac{1}{2}}\Big) \times \Big(a^{\dfrac{1}{3}}b^{-3\times\dfrac{1}{3}}\Big)\\[1em] = \Big(a^{-1}b^{\dfrac{1}{2}}\Big) \times \Big(a^{\dfrac{1}{3}}b^{-1}\Big)\\[1em] = \Big(a^{-1 + \dfrac{1}{3}}b^{\dfrac{1}{2} + (-1)}\Big)\\[1em] = \Big(a^{\dfrac{-3}{3} + \dfrac{1}{3}}b^{\dfrac{1}{2} + \dfrac{-2}{2}}\Big)\\[1em] = \Big(a^{\dfrac{-3+1}{3}}b^{\dfrac{1-2}{2}}\Big)\\[1em] = \Big(a^{\dfrac{-2}{3}}b^{\dfrac{-1}{2}}\Big)\\[1em] = \dfrac{1}{a^{\dfrac{2}{3}}b^{\dfrac{1}{2}}}

(a2b)12×(ab3)13=1a23b12(a^{-2}b)^{\dfrac{1}{2}} \times (ab^{-3})^{\dfrac{1}{3}} = \dfrac{1}{a^{\dfrac{2}{3}}b^{\dfrac{1}{2}}}

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