Assume that x is a variable that has been declared as a double and been given a
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Question
Assume that x is a variable that has been declared as a double and been given a value .
Write an expression to compute the quartic root of x. The quartic root of a number is the square root of its square root.
EXAMPLES: For example, the quartic root of 16.0 is 2.0 because: the square root of 16.0 is 4.0 and the square root of 4.0 is 2.0. Another example: the quartic root of 81.0 is 3.0 because the square root of 81.0 is 9.0 and the square root of 9.0 is 3.0. Thus, to find the quartic root of a number you take the square root of the number and then take the square root of that.
In this exercise you must find the quartic root of x in a single expression -- you must not write any statements . Also, you may only use the sqrt() function-- no other functions.
(HINT: you will need to call the sqrt() function twice-- and you will need to pass the return value of one of those calls as argument to the other call. AND REMEMBER: write an expression , not a statement .)
Explanation / Answer
sqrt(sqrt(x)); will return the square root of square root of the given number x.
sqrt(sqrt(x)); The highlighted area will be evaluated first. For example, if x is 16, then the sqrt(16) will return a value of 4. Then the outer function will be evaluated. sqrt(sqrt(x));For example, if x is 16, then the sqrt(sqrt(16)) will return a value of 2.
As you asked me to write the expression, the simple expression is sqrt(sqrt(x)) will do the needful.
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