Amateur equating powers question

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I will admit to this being a rather amateur question that is fueled by total ignorance but can someone explain how i=-5/2, j=1/2, and k=1/2 please? Thank you so so much in advance!

HRK Page 8, sample problem 1-5

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From the exponents of M we have $k=j$ and substituting into the other two equation gives:

$$ 0=i+5j$$

$$1=-i-3j$$

Can you end it now?