| Rational Exponents Any
positive integer greater than one can be raised to a rational number: am/n where m/n is a rational number; a is a real number a1/n = the nth root of a. Example: 41/2 is the 2nd root (square root) of 4; or 2. am/n is the nth root of a raised to the m power express the following problems in the simplest form. |