document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=122780>Question 122780</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you evaluate expressions involving radicals? 4,square root symbol over -20736 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The 4th root of 20736 is 12<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How do you get that without a calculator?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You express 20736 as a product of primes:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20736 = 2*10368<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=2*2*5184<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=2*2*2*2592<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=2*2*2*2*1296<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=2*2*2*2*2*648<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=2^5*2*324<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=2^5*2*2*162<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=2^7*2*81<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=2^8*3^4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4th root or 2^8*3^4 = 2^2*3 = 12<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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