Microsoft KB Archive/28652

= Works: How to Find the Nth Root of a Number =

Article ID: 28652

Article Last Modified on 11/16/2006

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 * Microsoft Works 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Works 2.0a
 * Microsoft Works 3.0 Standard Edition
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 * Microsoft Works 1.1 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Works 2.0 for Macintosh
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 * Microsoft Works 4.0 for Macintosh

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SUMMARY
To find the nth root of a number, raise that number to the power of 1/n. The form the equation is as follows:

= num^(1/n)

For example, to find the cube root of 8 in a cell of the spreadsheet, type the following:

=8^(1/3)

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