document.write( "Question 992257: Without using a calculator which is larger: x= 7^1/4 or y=4^1/3
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document.write( "Which is larger? (without using a calculator)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Rewrite the exponents with a common denominator\r\n" );
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document.write( "Get them with a common fraction exponent:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Evaluate the bases without a calculator:\r\n" );
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document.write( "And since 343 > 256\r\n" );
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document.write( "So\r\n" );
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