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thej101
May 24, 2012, 08:55 PM
-2 root of the square root of 1.573* 10^30.
Please help me solve this problem.
JM
ebaines
May 25, 2012, 04:54 AM
-2 root of the square root of 1.573* 10^30.
Please help me solve this problem.
JM
Do you mean this?
(\sqrt {1.573 \times 10^{30}})^{-2}
Remember that taking the square root of something is like raising it to the 1/2 power. So:
(\sqrt A)^{-2} = (A^{1/2})^{-2} = A^{(1/2 \times -2)} = A^{-1} = \frac 1 A.
thej101
May 25, 2012, 10:02 AM
-2 is outside the square root. For instance, cube root, etc. Also, how would you solve the above problem, if it's a 7 root - outside the square-root- on the v shaped.
Please let me know. The explanation you have provided is not the issue, but how would you solve the above problem is the issue at hand.
Sincerely,
JM
ebaines
May 25, 2012, 10:58 AM
Ok - so this is it:
\sqrt[-2] {1.573 \times 10^{30}}
?
This type of symbology means you raise the quanity under the root sign to the power 1 over -2. So For example:
\sqrt[3] {A} = A^{1/3}
For your problem you have this:
\sqrt[-2] {1.573 \times 10^{30}} = (1.573 \times 10 ^{30})^{-\frac 1 2 } = \frac 1 {\sqrt{1.573}} \times 10 ^{-15}}
thej101
May 25, 2012, 09:40 PM
Ok - so this is it:
\sqrt[-2] {1.573 \times 10^{30}}
?
This type of symbology means you raise the quanity under the root sign to the power 1 over -2. So For example:
\sqrt[3] {A} = A^{1/3}
For your problem you have this:
\sqrt[-2] {1.573 \times 10^{30}} = (1.573 \times 10 ^{30})^{-\frac 1 2 } = \frac 1 {\sqrt{1.573}} \times 10 ^{-15}}
Thank you very much for the clarification. It seems that i was thinking along the same line. For instance, if one understands the concept of square root - square root of X means X ^1/2 or if it's a cube, forth, eight, and so on and forth root, the same principle holds!! If the problem asks us to find the seventh root of X, it could be formatted as follow: X^1/7!!
Sincerely,
JM