SOLUTION: How can we write the radical sign?

Question 323054: How can we write the radical sign?
Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
For a square root, the abbreviation is "sqrt", and we write it this way "sqrt(x)". Enclosed within 3 set braces, it looks like this .

For a cube root, the abbreviation is "root" with 3 as the first entry.
For a fourth root, the abbreviation is "root" with 4 as the first entry.

We write them this way: "root(3,x)", which comes out like this: ,
or "root(4,x)", which comes out like this: .

Dr. Robert J. Rapalje, Retired
Seminole State College of Florida
Altamonte Springs Campus
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