Question

is an exponent a square root on factors
for eg. 16: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 the 4 can multiply itself so is it a square factor or an exponent

Answer 1

Fractional exponents

In other words, taking a number to the power of 12 is the same thing as taking a square root: x1/2=√x. Since (xn)1/n=x1=x, we can generalize the result so that taking a number to the power of 1/n is the same thing as taking the nth root: x1/n=n√x.