Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter P - Section P.3 - Radicals and Rational Exponents - Exercise Set - Page 47: 132

Answer

does not make sense.

Work Step by Step

If $a\gt1$ and $m,n$ are positive integers, raising $a$ to the $m$ power will result a bigger number, which may make it difficult to find the $n$th root; thus the statement does not make sense.
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