document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1204850>Question 1204850</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find : <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1) (- 4)^(6/4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2) (root[6]((-8))^2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "For this post, tutor @MathTherapy has provided another of his responses claiming the answer from another tutor is wrong, without providing his answer.  That kind of response is of no help to the student; it only serves to demonstrate his perceived superiority.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "In fact the answer from the other tutor is right.<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To get a real answer, the expression would have to be written differently.<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But to get that answer from the given expression, you would have to perform the exponentiation \"(-4)^6\" before simplifying inside the parentheses to change the fraction 6/4 to 3/2.  Standard order of operations says we simplify inside parentheses before doing the exponentiation.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the real answer \"8\" is not right; the correct answer is the imaginary \"-8i\".<br><BR>\n" );
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