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The Nth Root of a Number Page 1 Lecture Notes The nth Root of a Number page 1 Caution! Currently, square roots are dened differently in different textbooks. In conversations about mathematics, approach the concept with caution and rst make sure that everyone in the conversation uses the same denition of square roots. Denition: Let A be a non-negative number. Then the square root of A (notation: pA) is the non-negative number that, if squared, the result is A. If A is negative, then pA is undened. For example, consider p25. The square-root of 25 is a number, that, when we square, the result is 25. There are two such numbers, 5 and 5. The square root is dened to be the non-negative such number, and so p25 is 5. On the other hand, p 25 is undened, because there is no real number whose square, is negative. Example 1. Evaluate each of the given numerical expressions. a) p49 b) p49 c) p 49 d) p 49 Solution: a) p49 = 7 c) p 49 = unde ned b) p49 = 1 p49 = 1 7 = 7 d) p 49 = 1 p 49 = unde ned Square roots, when stretched over entire expressions, also function as grouping symbols. Example 2. Evaluate each of the following expressions. a) p25 p16 b) p25 16 c) p144 + 25 d) p144 + p25 Solution: a) p25 p16 = 5 4 = 1 c) p144 + 25 = p169 = 13 b) p25 16 = p9 = 3 d) p144 + p25 = 12 + 5 = 17 . Denition: Let A be any real number. Then the third root of A (notation: p3 A) is the number that, if raised to the third power, the result is A. (We also refer to p3 A as cube root of A). Notice that this denition is much simpler than the previous one. If we square 3 and 3, we get 9 in both cases. For this reason, there are two candidates for p9 and no candidate for p 9. Third roots behave more pleasantly. If we cube (same as raise to the third power) 3 and 3, we get 27 and 27. Thus, cube roots exist of both positive and negative numbers, and there is no ambiguity on the choice of the cube root. Simply p3 8 is 2 and p3 8 is 2. Example 3. Evaluate each of the given numerical expressions. a) p3 125 b) p3 8 c) p3 27 d) p3 64 Solution: a) p3 125 = 5 c) p3 27 = 3 b) p3 8 = 1 p3 8 = 1 2 = 2 d) p3 64 = 1 p3 64 = 1 ( 4) = 4 c Hidegkuti, 2017 Last revised: September 24, 2018 Lecture Notes The nth Root of a Number page 2 Just as with square roots, third roots, can also serve as grouping symbols. Example 4. Evaluate each of the following expressions. a) p3 102 + 52 b) p3 36 100 Solution: a) p3 102 + 52 = p3 125 = 5 b) p3 36 100 = p3 64 = 4 . Denition: Let n be any positive integer, greater than 1, and let A be any real number. Suppose that n is an even number. If A is negative, then the nth root of A; denoted by pn A, is undened. If A is non-negative, then pn A is the non-negative number that, when raised to the nth power, the result is A. Suppose that n is an odd number. Then the nth root of A, denoted by pn A, is the number that, when raised to the nth power, the result is A. Example 5. Simplify each of the given expressions. 5 8 12 15 a) p5 3 b) p4 7 c) p3 2 d) p5 10 Solution: a) By denition, p5 3is the number that, when raised to the 5th power, the result is 3. So, the answer is 3 . b) By denition, p4 7 is the number that, when raised to the 4th power, the result is 7. Also recall the rule of exponents about repeated exponentiation: (an)m = anm. 8 4 2 4 2 p4 7 = p4 7 = p4 7 = 72 = 49 h i c) By denition, p3 2 is the number that, when raised to the 3rd power, the result is 2. We will again use the rule of exponents about repeated exponentiation: (an)m = anm. 12 3 4 3 4 p3 2 = p3 2 = p3 2 = 24 = 16 h i d) By denition, p5 10 is the number that, when raised to the 5th power, the result is 10. We will use the same rule of exponents. 15 5 3 5 3 p5 10 = p5 10 = p5 10 = 103 = 1000 h i c Hidegkuti, 2017 Last revised: September 24, 2018 Lecture Notes The nth Root of a Number page 3 Practice Problems Simplify each of the given expressions. 20 1. p3 8 7. p3 64 13. p 100 19. 100p 1 25. p5 2 5 5 6 5 2. p32 8. p 0 14. p 64 20. p 32 4 20 26. p 2 4 3. p1 9. p16 15. p0 4 21. p 16 20 27. p5 2 4 4 4. p0 10. p16 16. p 1 3 3 22. p 12 28. (p6 x)24 7 5 6 5. p 64 11. p 1 17. p 1 23. p3 12 3 5 99 6. p 27 12. p 243 18. p 1 4 20 24. p2 3 7 29. p2 5 37 2 3 32. 3 5 ( 4) 34. 3 ( 4)2 + 1 p5 1 30. p4 1 p5 36 + 4 q rq 4 33. ( 2)4 42 31. p6 32 23 q c Hidegkuti, 2017 Last revised: September 24, 2018 Lecture Notes The nth Root of a Number page 4 Answers 1. 2 2. 2 3. 1 4. 0 5. unde ned 6. 3 7. 4 8. 0 9. 4 10. 2 11. 1 12. 3 13. unde ned 14. unde ned 15. 0 16. unde ned 17. 1 18. 1 19. unde ned 20. 2 21. unde ned 22. 12 23. 144 24. 32 25. 16 26. unde ned 27. 16 28. x4 29. 3 30. 3 31. 1 32. 1 33. 0 34. 2 For more documents like this, visit our page at https://teaching.martahidegkuti.com and click on Lecture Notes. E-mail questions or comments to [email protected]. c Hidegkuti, 2017 Last revised: September 24, 2018 .
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