How did you get 2/5

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It seems there might be a misunderstanding, as the fraction 2/52/5 does not appear in the solution.

The exponent we calculated was u−1/5+1u^{-1/5 + 1}.
To add these, we find a common denominator:

−15+1=−15+55=−1+55=45- \frac{1}{5} + 1 = - \frac{1}{5} + \frac{5}{5} = \frac{-1 + 5}{5} = \frac{4}{5}

This resulted in u4/5u^{4/5}.

Then, when integrating ∫un du=un+1n+1+C\int u^{n} \, du = \frac{u^{n+1}}{n+1} + C, we divided by the new exponent:

u4/54/5\frac{u^{4/5}}{4/5}

Dividing by a fraction is the same as multiplying by its reciprocal:

u4/54/5=54u4/5\frac{u^{4/5}}{4/5} = \frac{5}{4} u^{4/5}

This is where the fraction 45\frac{4}{5} (as an exponent) and its reciprocal 54\frac{5}{4} (as a coefficient) appear.

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