, TERMINATING DECIMALS (.75),AND REPEATING DECIMALS (.666 . . . )....

3 ), terminating decimals (.75),

and repeating decimals (.666 . . . ). Keeping this in

Example:

mind, it’s no surprise that numbers raised to rational

6

a

exponents are just numbers raised to a fractional

3

power.

In this problem, we know that a cannot be equal to

What is the value of 4

12

?