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Maths, Addmaths and Statistics: Post your doubts here!

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Solve 8^2/3
2/3 is the power of 8, how should i solve this?
You need to know the difference between the numerator and denominator of the fraction. The denominator is the root value (in this case, cube root) and the numerator is what you power the value with. The order of doing these two things doesn't matter.

So the answer in this case is the (cube root of 8)^2.
 
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You need to know the difference between the numerator and denominator of the fraction. The denominator is the root value (in this case, cube root) and the numerator is what you power the value with. The order of doing these two things doesn't matter.

So the answer in this case is the (cube root of 8)^2.
thankyou for the explanation :)
 
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guys what howcome the answer is this? please explain, is it because the 4 is simplified or what.
 

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guys what howcome the answer is this? please explain, is it because the 4 is simplified or what.
Thats so simple
12 has been factorised into 4 and 3
[square root](4*3)
so the square root of 4 is 2.
There is no real square root of 3.. so it will remain as it is..
so it makes 2 x [square root of 3]
 
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guys for the syllabus of math calculator D, do we need to learn to rationalise the denominator for surds?
 
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Thats so simple
12 has been factorised into 4 and 3
[square root](4*3)
so the square root of 4 is 2.
There is no real square root of 3.. so it will remain as it is..
so it makes 2 x [square root of 3]
Thanks :) so could you tell me in general, is the number which is not simplifed suppose to be in the square root bracket?
 
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