document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=468790>Question 468790</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Could someone please help me with this? It's my final question on my final exam. I am somewhat stumped.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20th root outside the radical, inside is (-6)^20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks so very much!!<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #321628 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ccs2011><B>ccs2011(207)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ccs2011><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ccs2011><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=321628\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A negative number raised to an even exponent must be positive<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ex: (-6)^2 = 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Think of it as 20 negative signs, well thats 10 pairs that cancel themselves out.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Anyways, (-6)^20 = 6^20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ok now because its a 20th root, rewrite expression using rational exponents.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "root is always the denominator, power is the numerator<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=> 6^(20/20) = 6^1 = 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore the solution is 6 </SPAN>\n" );
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