 | Zachariah Jess - Arithmetic - 1810 - 222 pages
...EVOLUTION: OR THE EXTRACTING OF ROOTS. THE r»ot of any number, or power, is such a nu.«.-. ber, as, being multiplied into itself a certain number] of times, will produce that power. Thus г is the squareroot of 4, because 2x2^:4; and 413 the cabe root of «4 becaiwc 4X4x4=64,... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 406 pages
...extracting or finding the roots of any given powers. The root of any number, or power, is such a number, as being multiplied into itself a certain number of times, will produce that power. Thus, 2 is the square root or 2d root of 4, because 2* = 2 x 2=4; and 3 is the cube root ot... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1812 - 620 pages
...•or finding the roots of any given powers. The root of any number, or power, is such a number, as .being multiplied into itself a certain number of times, will produce that power. Thus, 2 is the square root or 2d root of 4, because 22 = 2 x 2 = 4 ; and 3 is the cube root... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1822 - 616 pages
...extracting or finding the roots of any given power*. The root of any number, or power, is such a number, as being multiplied into itself a certain number of times, will produce that power. Thus, 2 is the square root or 2d root of 4, because 22 =2 X 2=4 ; and 3 is the cube root or... | |
 | Ira Wanzer - Arithmetic - 1831 - 408 pages
...the roots of any given powers or numbers. The root of any given power, or number, is such a number as being multiplied into itself a certain number of times will produce that power. The first root of any given number, is the number itself; the second or square root, is that... | |
 | Samuel Read Hall - Arithmetic - 1832 - 294 pages
...opposite of Involution, or the extracting the root of any given power. The Root of any power is the number which being multiplied into itself a certain number of times will produce that power. Thus, 2 is the square root of 4. 2 is the cube root of 8. 2 is the fourth root of 16. 1. What... | |
 | Charles Potts - Arithmetic - 1835 - 202 pages
...extracting of the roots from the powers given. The root of any number or power, is such a number as, being multiplied into itself a certain number of times, will produce that power. Thus, 2 is the square root of 4, because 2x2 =4; and 4 is the cube root of 64, because 4 x 4... | |
 | Silas Totten - Algebra - 1836 - 360 pages
...the extracting or finding the roots of any given powers. The root of any number, is such a number as multiplied into itself a certain number of times, will produce that number ; thus, The root of a number is denoted by writing the character V before the number, and the degree of the... | |
 | William Ruger - Arithmetic - 1836 - 274 pages
...; or it is exactly the reverse of Involution. The root of any number or power is such a number, as being multiplied into itself a certain number of times, will produce that power. Thus, 2 is the square root, or 2d root of 4, because 2* =2x2=4; and 3 is the cube root, or 3d... | |
 | Peirpont Edward Bates Botham - Arithmetic - 1837 - 252 pages
...power. Here, a power is given to find a root. The root of any number or power, is such a number, as being multiplied into itself a certain number of times, will produce that power. Thus, 2 is the square root, or 2d root of 4, because 2s =2x2=4 ; and 3 is the cube root, or... | |
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The root of any number, or power, is such a number, as being multiplied into itself a certain number of times, will produce that power. Thus, 2 is the square root... 
