Rewrite the expression with a rational exponent.
-$\sqrt { x ^ { 5 } }$
A) $\frac { x ^ { 2 } } { 5 }$
B) $x ^ { 5 / 2 }$
C) $x ^ { 2 / 5 }$
D) $\frac { x ^ { 5 } } { 2 }$

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The square root of $x^5$ can be written as $x^{5/2}$, since the square root is equivalent to raising to the power of $1/2$, and multiplying the exponents gives $5 \times \frac{1}{2} = \frac{5}{2}$.

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Rewrite the Expression with a Rational Exponent $\sqrt { x ^ { 5 } }$