SOLUTION: hello, i really didnt understand how to find the indicated roots of letters. here is my worksheet question 1: Find the indicated nth root(s) of A 1.n=6, a=1,000,000 th

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Question 568541: hello, i really didnt understand how to find the indicated roots of letters. here is my worksheet question 1:
Find the indicated nth root(s) of A
1.n=6, a=1,000,000
thank you for the help.

Answer by issacodegard(60) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi, the nth root of A is the number x such that x^n=A. So, we need to find the number x such that x^6=1000000.
We can recognize that 1000000 is 10^6. So we have x^6=10^6. Raising to the 1/6 power on both sides give x=10, which is the 6th root of 1000000.