Yes, the square root is equivalent to an exponent of 1/2.Suppose the exponent is a rational number of the form p/q where p and q are integers and q > 0. Then x^(p/q) = (the qth root of x) raised to the power p
or, equivalently,
(the qth root of (x raised to the power p).
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a square root can be expressed as an exponent. i.e. 3^1/2 is the square root of three
The exponent for a square root is 0.5 or 1/2.
When you take the square root of a variable raised to an exponent, you divide the exponent by two. For example the square root of x^4 is x^2, because x^2 x x^2 =x^4.
The opposite of a square root is the square of a number. In mathematical terms, if the square root of a number x is denoted as √x, then the opposite of the square root (√x) is x itself. This is because squaring a number undoes taking the square root of that number.
I assume the question is about an exponent whose value is a half (or a multiple of a half). An exponent of a half is simply the square root. Similarly, an exponent of (1/3) is a cubed-root and so on.
To take the square root of any power, just reduce the exponent to one-half of each value.