Stage 24 · Exponential & Logarithmic Functions
24.1.3 Turning Radicals into Fractional Exponents
24.1 From Roots to Exponents: Completing the Power Operations
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24.1.3 Turning Radicals into Fractional Exponents
Core ideaTaking a root is like raising to half or a third of a power, so a square root becomes a^(1/2) and an n-th root becomes a^(1/n).
Module goal. Building on square roots and integer powers, extend exponents to fractions so every rule of powers becomes one unified system, paving the way for exponential functions