Question

What does that number in the top left corner over the radical symbol mean?

Answer 1

\[\sqrt[5]{2}\]

Answer 2

it means (1/5 )th power

Answer 3

\[\sqrt[5]{2}= 2^{1/5}\]

Answer 4

thank you :)

Answer 5

welcome

Answer 6

when there is no number in that place, it means the square root
\[\sqrt x=\sqrt[2]x=x^{1/2}\]