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It represents the ratio between the numerator and the denominator. It is totally misleading to suggest that it represent anything like "parts of a whole". The ratio of the surface area of a sphere to its volume is 3/r. In this expression 3 parts out of the "total" radius is not a particularly meaningful or useful concept.

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Q: What does the denominator of a rational exponent represent?
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What does the denominator of a fractional exponent represent?

It represents the order of the root that needs to be calculated. A denominator of 2 means a square root. A denominator of 3 means a cube root. And so on.


What is nominator and denominator?

In a fraction, the numerator represent the part out of the denominator which represents the total. Neither need be rational (or even real).


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If the exponent or raised power of a number is in the form of p/q the exponent is said to be rational exponent. For example= 11/2 22/3


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It is a rational number. The reason that it is rational is that you can represent it as a fraction, where the denominator (the number at the bottom of the fraction) is not equal to 0.So, for example, as we could write the number 15.125 as 15125/1000 then it is rational.


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You can use any number - rational or otherwise - as an exponent.


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And exponent of -2 represents the square root


Is a rational exponent equation?

No, it is an expression, not an equation.


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That is not true.


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