Economics question. Rehashing the basics of dealing with exponents

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Struggling to put two equations together effectively again. I have my income equation:

$$ y=zk^\alpha $$

And I'm trying to plug it into my marginal product of capital

$$ MPK=\alpha z k^{\alpha-1} $$

I know the end product is

$$\alpha (zy^{\alpha -1})^\frac{1}{\alpha} $$

But I can't see how to convert income into an effective equation to plug into my problem. I always end up with funny powers that don't seem to fit.

Thanks!

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You have $y=zk^\alpha$, so you can express $k$ in terms of $y$ as follows:- $$k^\alpha=\left(\frac{y}{z}\right)\Rightarrow k= \left(\frac{y}{z}\right)^{\frac{1}{\alpha}} $$ Substituting the value of $k$ into the $MPK$ results in:- $$MPK=\alpha z k^{\alpha-1}=\alpha z\left(\frac{y}{z}\right)^{\frac{\alpha-1}{\alpha}}=\alpha z^{(1-\frac{\alpha-1}{\alpha})}y^{\frac{\alpha-1}{\alpha}}=\alpha z^{\frac{1}{\alpha}}y^{\frac{\alpha-1}{\alpha}}=\alpha (zy^{\alpha-1})^{\frac{1}{\alpha}}$$