Question
Show that:$\Bigg\{\Big(\text{x}^{\text{a}-\text{a}^{-1}}\Big)^{\frac{1}{\text{a}+\text{1}}}\Bigg\}^{\frac{\text{a}}{\text{a}+\text{1}}}=\text{x}$

Answer

$\text{LHS}=\Bigg\{\Big(\text{x}^{\text{a}-\text{a}^{-1}}\Big)^{\frac{1}{\text{a}+\text{1}}}\Bigg\}^{\frac{\text{a}}{\text{a}+\text{1}}}$$=\bigg(\text{​x​}^{​\text{a}-​\frac{1}{\text{​a}}}\bigg)^{\frac{1}{​\text{a}-1​}\times\frac{​\text{a}}{​\text{a}+1}}$
$\bigg(​\text{x}^{\frac{​\text{a}^2-1}{​\text{a}}}\bigg)^{\frac{​\text{a}}{(​\text{a}-1)(​\text{a}+1)}}$
$=\bigg(​\text{x}^{\frac{​\text{a}^2-1}{​\text{a}}}\bigg)^{\frac{​\text{a}}{​\text{a}^2-1}}$
$=​\text{x}^{\frac{​\text{a}^2-1}{​\text{a}}\times\frac{​\text{a}}{​\text{a}^2-1}}$
$=​\text{x}$
$=​\text{RHS}$

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