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Simplify the following:

(8125)13\Big(\dfrac{8}{125}\Big)^{-\dfrac{1}{3}}

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(8125)13=(1258)13=(5323)13=53×1323×13=52=212.\Rightarrow \Big(\dfrac{8}{125}\Big)^{-\dfrac{1}{3}} = \Big(\dfrac{125}{8}\Big)^{\dfrac{1}{3}} \\[1em] = \Big(\dfrac{5^3}{2^3}\Big)^{\dfrac{1}{3}} = \dfrac{5^{3 \times \dfrac{1}{3}}}{2^{3 \times \dfrac{1}{3}}}\\[1em] = \dfrac{5}{2} = 2\dfrac{1}{2}.

Hence, (8125)13=212.\Big(\dfrac{8}{125}\Big)^{-\dfrac{1}{3}} = 2\dfrac{1}{2}.

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