16^1/4

Question

16^1/4

lynx · Answer

$$\frac{ 16 }{ 4 }$$ which is 4

anthonyb09 · Answer

thank you and an u explain how you did that please

alones. · Answer

explain?

mjdennis · Answer

@Lynx Read the question carefully and pay attention to context, please.  The ^ sign stands for a power, and your answer may be incorrect.  Nor can it be verified since you didn't show any work. 
@Anthonyb09 , was the problem $$16^{\frac{ 1 }{ 4 }}$$
or $$\frac{ 16^{1} }{ 4 }$$ because where you put the parenthesis matters

anthonyb09 · Answer

but 16^1 is 16 and that makes it 16/4 right?

sshayer · Answer

$$\left( 16 \right)^{\frac{ 1 }{ 4 }}=\left( 2^4 \right)^{\frac{ 1 }{ 4 }}=2^{4 \times \frac{ 1 }{ 4 }}=2^1=2$$

anthonyb09 · Answer

so is the answer 2 or four im so lost

sweetburger · Answer

@sshayer literally showed you the steps assuming the original question stated
$$16^\frac{ 1 }{ 4 }$$

mjdennis · Answer

@Anthonyb09 , you really need to clear up _exactly_ how the question was written, just to clear up which set of answers are correct?

anthonyb09 · Answer

$$16^\frac{ 1 }{ 4 }$$ i didnt know that you could add an equation sorry

mjdennis · Answer

Hey, NP, we just had a lot of people working to help you, and I wanted to make sure the answer suited the question!  If you want to skip the equation editor, you can write your problem as 16^(1/4)  and keep the fraction grouped together without confusion.

If you're clear on this problem, it would be good to mark it "closed".