SOLUTION: Solve formula for given letter Assume all variables represent non-negative #s. a^+b^=g^ for a

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Question 401408: Solve formula for given letter Assume all variables represent non-negative #s. a^+b^=g^ for a
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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You used ^ which implies that there is an exponent, but you didn't say what the exponent was. I'll just assume that the exponent is some arbitrary k (you can replace k with whatever the exponent is).

Isolating the a terms, a%5Ek+=+g%5Ek+-+b%5Ek. Taking the k-th root of both sides,

a+=+root%28k%2C+g%5Ek+-+b%5Ek%29.

In fact, a%5Ek+%2B+b%5Ek+=+g%5Ek appears to be similar to Fermat's last theorem, but the theorem has more restrictions. Fermat's last theorem says that there are no ordered triples of integers (a, b, g) that satisfy a%5Ek+%2B+b%5Ek+=+g%5Ek, where k is an integer greater than 2.