Question

Is it possible to take a fraction to 1/2 power, on a scientific calculator?

Answer 1

^(1/2)

Answer 2

square root it

Answer 3

I squared rooted it...did not come up with my book's answer.

Answer 4

so the problem starts out as 17 to the negative 1/2 power...

Answer 5

so u put sqrt(1/17) and it ddnt work?

Answer 6

I made it into the fraction 1/17, so it would be a positive 1/2 power...

Answer 7

I then squared that with the square key thing, on the windows calculator..came up with 289..

Answer 8

My books says the answer is .24

Answer 9

Negative exponent means it is 1 over sqrt(17)

Answer 10

\[1 \div \sqrt{17}\]

Answer 11

yea as mkuehn says square root 17 first the divide 1 by ur answer

Answer 12

The negative exponent puts it into the denominator of a fraction.

Answer 13

I'm still getting 289..

Answer 14

oh, so I do the square thing first, then divide it by 1?

Answer 15

1 divided by sqrt(17)

Answer 16

That is all you need to type.

Answer 17

I try doing it in your order,mkuehn...but I still get 289.

Answer 18

And that equals .24

Answer 19

You are doing 17 * 17

Answer 20

You need to take the square root of 17.

Answer 21

\[1 \div \sqrt{17}\]

Answer 22

did u hit the 2nd key before u pressed the square root key?

Answer 23

2nd key?

Answer 24

note:first time me using a scientific calculator..

Answer 25

What type of calculator do you have?

Answer 26

What brand/model?

Answer 27

I'm using the scientific view on the windows calculator..

Answer 28

on computer, you know..

Answer 29

Type 17 then hit the button that has the square root of x on it and then type 2 and hit equal

Answer 30

Then hit the buttom that has the 1 / x on it

Answer 31

now I'm getting .5

Answer 32

get a graphing calculator

Answer 33

Okay. Do this then.

Type 1
Type /
Type (
Type 17
Hit the \[\sqrt[y]{x}\]
Type 2
Type )
Hit equal

Answer 34

I could not figure it out on an online graphing calculator either..

Answer 35

It should look like this in the little calculator window when you type it

1 / (17 yroot 2)

Answer 36

It's not looking like that..as soon as I press / right after 1, it just shows the / ..

Answer 37

Not sure how to fix that. That's exactly what I put in and I get .24.

Answer 38

get an actual calculator!

Answer 39

I'm using the Microsoft Windows Version 6.1 calculator in scientific mode.

Answer 40

I'm not sure what version I have...I need to go do my quiz...thanks for your time guys.