Evaluate a^2+3a^(-1/5)

$a^{2} + 3 a^{- \frac{1}{5}}$

Step 1

Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$a^{2} + 3 \frac{1}{a^{\frac{1}{5}}}$

Step 2

Combine $3$ and $\frac{1}{a^{\frac{1}{5}}}$ .

$a^{2} + \frac{3}{a^{\frac{1}{5}}}$