SOLUTION: Please help! In a paragraph, describe how to simplify the expression: {{{ 16^(1/2) }}} 16 to the 1/2 power.

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Question 623160: Please help! In a paragraph, describe how to simplify the expression:

16 to the 1/2 power.

Answer by jsmallt9(3758)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I don't really know how to make a whole paragraph out of this:

An exponent of 1/2 means square root. So means . And represents the positive number that you square to get 16. That number is well-known to be 4. So

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