It represents the ratio between the numerator and the denominator. It is totally misleading to suggest that it represent anything like "parts of a whole". The ratio of the surface area of a sphere to its volume is 3/r. In this expression 3 parts out of the "total" radius is not a particularly meaningful or useful concept.
It represents the order of the root that needs to be calculated. A denominator of 2 means a square root. A denominator of 3 means a cube root. And so on.
In a fraction, the numerator represent the part out of the denominator which represents the total. Neither need be rational (or even real).
How do you use an exponent to represent a number such as 16
process by which a fraction containing radicals in the denominator is rewritten to have only rational numbers in the denominator.
A rational expression is not defined whenever the denominator of the expression equals zero. These will be the roots or zeros of the denominator.
It represents the order of the root that needs to be calculated. A denominator of 2 means a square root. A denominator of 3 means a cube root. And so on.
In a fraction, the numerator represent the part out of the denominator which represents the total. Neither need be rational (or even real).
If the exponent or raised power of a number is in the form of p/q the exponent is said to be rational exponent. For example= 11/2 22/3
It is a rational number. The reason that it is rational is that you can represent it as a fraction, where the denominator (the number at the bottom of the fraction) is not equal to 0.So, for example, as we could write the number 15.125 as 15125/1000 then it is rational.
A rational exponent is an exponent in the form of a fraction. Many financial formulas use rational exponents. Compound interest is formula that uses rational exponents.
How do you use an exponent to represent a number such as 16
You can use any number - rational or otherwise - as an exponent.
And exponent of -2 represents the square root
No, it is an expression, not an equation.
That is not true.
Rational, since it can be written as 25/1 .
You look at the denominator first. Then you try to find out what exponents make the denominator. After doing that, you add a negative symbol to the smaller number on the exponent.