MGSE9-12.N.RN.1
Explain how the meaning of rational exponents follows from extending the properties of integer exponents to rational numbers, allowing for a notation for radicals in terms of rational exponents. For example, we define 5(1/3) to be the cube root of 5 because we want [5(1/3)] 3 = 5[(1/3) x 3] to hold, so [5(1/3)] 3 must equal 5.