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nth. This refers to a number raised to an undefined power. "Consider x to the nth power."
Nothing: there is no such word. However, an exponent is another trm for power. an is a short way of writing a*a*...*a where the multiplication is carried out n times. In this case, n is the exponent or power and an is "a to the nth power", or less commonly "a to the nth exponent" or in the shortened form "a to the nth". Some exponenets have special names: 2 is squared, 3 is cubed. Exponents need not be integers or positive, but their meaning and use is less obvious.
To the utmost, as in They'd decked out the house to the nth degree. This expression comes from mathematics, where to the nth means "to any required power" (n standing for any number). It was first recorded in 1852.
Clearly, if you omit the sign, the nth. term will be 4n. The alternating sign can easily be expressed as a power of (-1), so in summary, the nth. term is (-1)n4n.
Give the simple formula for the nth term of the following arithmetic sequence. Your answer will be of the form an + b.12, 16, 20, 24, 28, ...
This means that your power is a variable. Just like your regular term can be a variable the power can also be a variable. Ex. 3n 7n 2357n
There is no formula for prime numbers. They form a random sequence.
The nth root of a number is the same as the number raised to the power 1/n. Thus sqrt(73) = 731/2 or cuberoot(95) = 951/3
A sequence of squares: n to the nth power
1 billion (10 to the nth power is a 1 followed by n number of zeros, in this case 9 zeros)
To the power of n, or to the nth power means that a number is multiplied by itself n times. i.e. 53 = 5 to the power of 3, means 5x5x5 = 125.
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