SOLUTION: If a^n=b then a is the nth root of b true or false? please explain? Thank you much!!

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Question 767089: If a^n=b then a is the nth root of b
true or false? please explain?
Thank you much!!
Answer by rothauserc(4718) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is true, note that
a^n = b restated is
n = log(a)b, that is
the log to the base a of b is n