document.write( "Question 174247: I don't know how to type this, so I'll try to explain it.
\n" ); document.write( "Square root symbol, with 6 outside (but inside the little section), and inside the square root is another square root symbol. Inside this second square root symbol is a 2. Now subtract from that: square root with 12 inside the little part, and inside the square root is 2 with exponent of 13.\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #129192 by ilana(307) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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So I believe you would say this as \"the sixth root of the square root of 2 minus the twelfth root of 2 to the thirteenth power\". Are you supposed to estimate this using a calculator? If not, I think the most you can simplify it is 2^(1/12) - 2^(13/12). You can do that because, for instance, the square root of 2 is 2^(1/2). So \"the sixth root of the square root of 2\" is (the square root of 2)^(1/6), which is (2^(1/2))^(1/6). So you multiply the exponents and get 2^1/12. Then you work similarly with the second part. \n" ); document.write( "

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