How do you reduce this to simplest form!?

Question

How do you reduce this to simplest form?

x^2

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x^1/2

Answer 1

Rules of exponents:

(x^a)(x^b) = x^(a + b)

(x^a)/(x^b) = x^(a - b)

So your fraction would reduce to x^(3/2)

Answer 2

what does ^ mean? plz tell me that and i will answer!