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Simplifying radicals???PLEASE HELP??

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x^(3/4) + 5/[x^(1/4)]

can someone help me simplify this radical....i am so confused!!!!

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  1. x^(3/4) + 5/[x^(1/4)]  -------- LCM = x^(1/4)

    = [x^(3/4) × x^(1/4) + 5]/x^(1/4)

    = [x^(3/4+1/4) + 5]/x^(1/4)

    = (x + 5)/x^(1/4)

    = x^(-1/4)(x + 5)

    --------


  2. x+5/4square root x.

  3. x^(3/4) + 5x^(3/4)/x = [ x*x^(3/4) + 5x^(3/4) ] / x

    = [ (x + 5)x^(3/4) ] / x

    = x^(3/4) [(x + 5) / x]

    I don't know what kind of 'simplification' can be done with this thing.

    - - - - - Edited to add: - - - - -

    It is true that this is the same, from dividing by x/x, as

    x^(-1/4)(x + 5).

    The problem is that this is also the same as (x + 5)/x^(1/4),

    which leaves a radical (4th root) in the denominator.

    As I attempted to imply, I think 'simplification' is ill-defined in this problem.

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