Question 327928: In what sense do exponentials and radicals behave exactly the same way.Please, help me because I am forty nine years old and struggling in class.
Answer by rapaljer(4671)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Radicals are actually fractional exponents. For example,
etc.
So, the operations on radicals are actually based on the laws of expoents.
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