Solution

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Use dimensions for mass, length and time. The reduced Planck constant, gravitational constant and speed of light have dimensions
For to have the dimensions of a length, dimensional analysis requires
The first equation gives ; the third gives . Substitution in the second gives . Hence
With , and , the Planck length is
The proposed monomial fixes the dimensionless prefactor to one; dimensional analysis on its own cannot select an arbitrary dimensionless multiplier.

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