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A+ MATH, SCIENCE & COMPUTERS CLUB
Girls can be better if we help each other. Ask your math, science and computer questions here. Good answers will be rewarded with Wiggins bucks prizes.Hi
I did a little research
Fractional exponents are also called radicals
The exponent of a number says how many times to use the number in a multiplication.
For example, 8 squared could be called "8 to the second power", "8 to the power 2"
In that example the exponent was 2, but what if it were 1/2 ? How does that work?
The answer is that x to the 1/2 power is the square root of x.
It works kind of the same if you look at x to the 1/4 power, or it is the fourth root of x.
So, a fractional exponent like 1/n means to take the n-th root of the base number.
The rule is x 1/n = The n-th Root of x
If there is a complicated fraction, like x to the 3/2 power, that means do a cube (3) and then a square root in any order.
There is some more examples and a couple of neat charts at
http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/exponent-fractional.html
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Jane Crandal & JB | | 2011-09-18 05:36:48 | | | i did too Jane and yours the same as mine but in different explaining but i understood the exponent parts and the fraction | 
fluffy23 & Moonlight | | 2011-09-18 10:01:54 | | | whoa lol | 
Raven305 & Scarlet | | 2011-09-18 11:11:03 | | | my throat hurts when I woke up this morning, got any tips? I can hardly talk and I have to go places today :\ |
Raven305 & Scarlet | | 2011-09-18 11:11:38 | | | wow.Thats confusing |
jennie2 & Layla | | 2011-09-18 15:28:54 | | | Thanks. I've got negative fractional exponents tomorrow. | 
Constellation & Sky Raider | | 2011-09-18 23:55:51 | | | okay Raven gurgle with ht salted water and it'll help |
fluffy23 & Moonlight | | 2011-09-19 00:22:49 | | | wow that is cufusing good thing i have a long way to go before i have to lern it |
pp2 & Finnigan | | 2011-09-19 19:49:55 | | | Im really good at math but not the best at science |
jennie2 & Layla | | 2011-09-19 22:09:45 | | | Can I join? I'm only good with some 7th grade math and below... But I'm REALLY good at English! |
arabluv & teapot | | 2011-09-19 22:35:21 | |
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