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Support Expand and simplify expressions involving surds

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Prerequisite dot points

Use knowledge of the reciprocal to simplify expressions of the form (a/b)^(- n)

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Describe and use x^(- 1) as the reciprocal of x and generalise this relationship to expressions of the form (a/b)^(- 1)

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Represent expressions involving negative- integer indices as expressions involving positive-integer indices and vice versa

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