Question

Evaluate 8 to the 2 thirds power.

Answer 1

square 8 and then take the cubed root of the result. or take the cubed root of eight and then square the result. if it's above the fraction line, it's raised to a power; if it's below, then it's reduced to a power. above: squared, cubed, raised to te 4th power, etc. below: square root, cubed root, 4th root, etc. And you can do them in any order as long as you do them all.