Rodney thinks that sqaure to the third power of 64 is greater than 17/4. Sam thinks that 17/4 is greater. Who is right and why?

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asked Dec 21, 2023 192k views

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Nicolas Charpentier · Answer 1 · 2023-12-26T16:48:07+0000

The result of a square to the third power is a number that mutiplied 3 times by itself results in the number inside the square.

For example

$\sqrt[3]{8}=2$

because 2*2*2=8.

In this case:

$\sqrt[3]{64}=4$

That is because 4*4*4=64.

Now, we compare this with 17/4:

Thus, since 4 is less than 17/4. The one who is right is Sam, because 17/4 is greater than 4