Advanced Mathematical Concepts: Precalculus with Applications, Student Edition
Advanced Mathematical Concepts: Precalculus with Applications, Student Edition
1st Edition
ISBN: 9780078682278
Author: McGraw-Hill, Berchie Holliday
Publisher: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
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Chapter 11.1, Problem 2CFU
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To explain why rational exponents are not defined when the denominator of the exponent in lowest terms is even and the base is negative.

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If the base were negative and the denominator were even, then we would be taking an even root of a negative number, which is undefined.

Recall that rational exponents are not defined, and that the denominator in an exponent must be in lowest terms if the exponent is even and if the base is negative.

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Advanced Mathematical Concepts: Precalculus with Applications, Student Edition

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