standard_description: Explain how the definition of the meaning of rational exponents follows from extending the properties of integer exponents to those values, allowing for a notation for radicals in terms of rational exponents. For example, we define 5^(1/3) to be the cube root of 5 because we want (5^(1/3))^(3) = 5(^(1/3))^(3) to hold, so (5^(1/3))^(3) must equal 5.
problem_activity: Task
Dan observes that $$\frac{6}{10}\div \frac{2}{10} = 6 \div 2$$ He says,
I think that if we are dividing a fraction by a fraction with the same denominator, then we can just divide the numerators.
Is Dan’s conjecture true for all fractions? Explain how you know.


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