SOLUTION: what i mean is how i solve this without a calculator, because i dont know how to solve for X on the equation {{{X=Y^(a/b)}}} so what do i do, I know that X=3 when the equation is {

Question 193213: what i mean is how i solve this without a calculator, because i dont know how to solve for X on the equation so what do i do, I know that X=3 when the equation is but i need to know why
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It turns out that anything raised to the one half power is equivalent to taking the square root.

In other words

So...

So the solution is

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