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Explain what is meant by the $n^{\text {th }}$ root of a number. 

   Explain what is meant by the $n^{\text {th }}$ root of a number.
Intermediate Algebra
Intermediate Algebra
Lynn Marecek 1st Edition
Chapter 8, Problem 53 ↓
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0:00 Hello.
00:01 So here we're asked, what is meant by the nth root of a number? so we take, you know, a square root of some number.
00:07 That means it means basically what number squared is that number.
00:10 It's like the square root of, let's say, 16, for example, is equal to four.
00:15 Why? because four squared or four times four is equal to 16.
00:21 And really, there's a two here.
00:23 There's a two here...
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