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Old November 03, 2009, 01:37 AM
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Originally Posted by laepelba View Post
In English, we can say "x squared" OR "x to the second power" and "x cubed" OR "x to the third power". Both are equally acceptable, and I teach both.

With the roots, I would only ever say "square root", but could easily exchange "third root" for "cube root".

English is a strange language..........
Yes, I've made a search and you can say "x a la segunda o a la tercera". That's correct, but it's more common "al cuadrado y al cubo" (it's been a long time I don't study maths)
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