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Rational Exponents and Radicals

Radical Functions

Rational Exponents and Radicals 1.16 - Solution

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The fifth root of $17$ can be written as $517 .$ However, the fifth root of a number is the same as raising that number to the exponent $\frac{1}{5} .$ This means that $517 = 1 7^{\frac{1}{5}} .$