Simplify the Radical Expression (5x)^(-1/2)

${(5 x)}^{- \frac{1}{2}}$

Step 1

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

$\frac{1}{{(5 x)}^{\frac{1}{2}}}$

Step 2

Apply the product rule to $5 x$ .

$\frac{1}{5^{\frac{1}{2}} x^{\frac{1}{2}}}$