SOLUTION: What is the advantage to using rational exponents over the radical sign?

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Question 52358: What is the advantage to using rational exponents over the radical sign?
Answer by rapaljer(4671) About Me  (Show Source):
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If you have a TI-92 or TI-89 graphing calculator, there is no button (or function) for radicals whose index is more than 3!! Perhaps also, it's easier to type exponents than it is radical signs. I still like radical signs!!

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