ii) a =

1 , where n is a positive integer. n

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The function f(x) = x n , is a root function. For n=2 it is the square root function f(x)= graph is the upper half of the parabola x= y2
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) and whose whose domain is [0,

f( x) = x 2
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For other even values of n, the graph of y = n x is similar to that of y = x For n = 3 we have the cube root function f(x) = 3 x whose domain is ( recall that every real number has a cube root)
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f( x) = x 3

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The graph of y =

x for n odd ( n>3) is similar to that of y =