document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=32920>Question 32920</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how would you solve the problem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m^16-25=0  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and set it equal to zero... i don't know how to do it with m^16. but a normal one would look like:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "16y^2-25=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(4y-5)(4y+5)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4y-5=0    4y+5=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4y=5      4y=-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y= 5/4    y= -5/4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "but i dont know how to do it with m^16...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i get as far as:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m^16-25=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(m^8-5) (m^8+5)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m^8-5=0  m^8+5=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m^8= 5   m^8= -5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "please do it and show the work...thanks :) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #19350 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=19350\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You are doing fine when you wrote:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(m^8-5)(m^8+5)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore m^8=5 or m^8=-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=5^(1/8)= 1.223..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You could also say m^8+5=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, m^8=-5.  This is true only<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if m is a complex number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I'm not saying the above is the only <BR>\n" );
document.write( "way you could solve m^16-25=0; it depends<BR>\n" );
document.write( "on what level of mathematics you are studying.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "But your writing (m^8-5)(m^8+5)=0 is the way<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to start.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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