Okay, so the notes on this were basically just examples and Mrs.Amrstrong explained them to us, so I tried to explain a bit of it in my own words.
Remember not to get confused with bases and coefficients. Also dont forget that to change a radical into rational exponent form, the root of the radical becomes the denomenator and the numerator is the exponent.
I know its not much, but if you guys have any questions, just comment and I will do my best to help =).