CRUCIVERB.COM
Constructing => Etc. => Topic started by: jeanoc on January 29, 2012, 07:04:34 PM
-
The clue to 16 across doesn't make sense to me. Am I missing something? How does a square root cut power IN HALF?
Jean
-
Consider, for example, the number 1048576, which is 2 raised to the 20th power, i.e. 2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2 = 1048576. Now, take the square root of 1048576, and you get 1024, which is 2 raised to the 10th power. So, the power has been cut in half. This is true in general, i.e. sqrt(a^b) = a^(b/2). Hope this helps!!
-
Ah, yes. Thanks
Jean