SOLUTION: Here is the problem. (t-4)to the 2/5 power =4. The book said the answer was 36, and it works out, but how did they arrive at this answer? I squared t-4 and took the square root

Question 192471This question is from textbook Algebra and Trigonometry Book 2
: Here is the problem. (t-4)to the 2/5 power =4. The book said the answer was 36, and it works out, but how did they arrive at this answer? I squared t-4 and took the square root of the answer, then my answer to the 5th power, but I didn't get 36.
This question is from textbook Algebra and Trigonometry Book 2

Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Solve for t:
To "undo" the raise-to-the- power, raise each side to the inverse or power.

Add 4 to both sides.

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