SOLUTION: Which of 1, 2^1/2, 3^1/3, 4^1/4, 5^1/5 is largest?

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Question 337649: Which of 1, 2^1/2, 3^1/3, 4^1/4, 5^1/5 is largest?
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Take each number to the 30th power.





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So then

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So then

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So then

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Finally put it all together.
From largest to smallest.




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