Answer
The missing power is 2/3.
Work Step by Step
By law 1: a$^{m}$ $\times$ a$^{n}$= a$^{n+m}$
So we have: 5$^{1/3}$ $\times$ 5$^{2/3}$= 5$^{\frac{1}{3}+ \frac{2}{3}}$ = 5$^{3/3}$ = 5.
Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition
by Stewart, James; Redlin, Lothar; Watson, Saleem
Published by
Brooks Cole
ISBN 10:
1305071751
ISBN 13:
978-1-30507-175-9
Chapter 1 - Section 1.2 - Exponents and Radicals - 1.2 Exercises - Page 21: 6
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