Intermediate Algebra: Connecting Concepts through Application

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 0-53449-636-9
ISBN 13: 978-0-53449-636-4

Chapter 8 - Radical Functions - 8.1 Radical Functions - 8.1 Exercises - Page 626: 18

Answer

a) $f(14)\approx 2.874$ b) $x\approx 401.312$

Work Step by Step

Given $$f(x)=\sqrt[5]{x^2}=\left( x \right)^{\frac{2}{5}}.\tag{1}$$ a) Set $x= 14$ in equation $(1)$ and determine $f(14)$: \begin{equation} \begin{aligned} f(14)&= \left(14 \right)^{\frac{2}{5}} \\ &\approx 2.874. \end{aligned} \end{equation} b) Set $f(x)=11$ in equation $(1)$ and solve for $x$: \begin{equation} \begin{aligned} f(x) & =11 \\ \left( x \right)^{\frac{2}{5}} & =11 \\ \left(\left( x \right)^{\frac{2}{5}} \right)^{\frac{5}{2}}& = \left(11\right)^{\frac{5}{2}}\\ x&\approx 401.312. \end{aligned} \end{equation}
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