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Find the value of 49^{\frac{1}{2}

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Explanation:

if I understand this correctly, we are looking for

49^(1/2)

now, an exponent of x^(a/b) means

the bth root of x^a

so, the exponent 1/2 means

the square root of x¹.

in our case that means the square root of 49¹ =

= square root of 49 = 7

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