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Simplify the following:

(16164)23\Big(1\dfrac{61}{64}\Big)^{-\dfrac{2}{3}}

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(16164)23=(12564)23=(64125)23=(4353)23=43×2353×23=4252=1625.\Rightarrow \Big(1\dfrac{61}{64}\Big)^{-\dfrac{2}{3}} = \Big(\dfrac{125}{64}\Big)^{-\dfrac{2}{3}} \\[1em] = \Big(\dfrac{64}{125}\Big)^{\dfrac{2}{3}} = \Big(\dfrac{4^3}{5^3}\Big)^{\dfrac{2}{3}} \\[1em] = \dfrac{4^{3 \times \dfrac{2}{3}}}{5^{3 \times \dfrac{2}{3}}} \\[1em] = \dfrac{4^2}{5^2} = \dfrac{16}{25}.\\[1em]

Hence, (16164)23=1625\Big(1\dfrac{61}{64}\Big)^{-\dfrac{2}{3}} = \dfrac{16}{25}.

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