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What operation does the power 1/2 represent? Can you think of operations that other fractional powers represent, such as 1/3, 1/4 and 2/3?

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x^1/2 represent the square root of x

x^1/3 is the cube root of x

x^2/3 represents the square of the cube root of x

Note:- the power is the numerator of the exponent and the denominator of the exponents is the root
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it represents division

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