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"text": "A Power that hath neither the Signs #x2B; or - before it, is look'd upon as Affirmative, and if it be preceded by a Number that contains the Root ſought and its Exponent may be commenſured by the Exponent of the Root; namely for the Square Root by 2, for the Cube by 3, &c. it will contain the Root ſought.",
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"text": "And univerſally the Exponent of the m Power, is m times the Exponent of the Root, and the Exponent of the m-Root (or #x5C;frac#x7B;1#x7D;#x7B;m#x7D; Power) is #x5C;frac#x7B;1#x7D;#x7B;m#x7D; times the Exponent of the Root.",
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