An earlier reviewer wrote: 'The 17th root of 9000355126606 is 5.0489470278494267977744214019957 This is different from the "goofs" answer.'
The 17th root of 9000355126606 is indeed about 5.78 as the goofs answer says. Your answer of 5.0489... is the 17th root of 900355126606 (notice "900") not the desired 9000355126606 (notice "9000"). You missed a "0" digit when entering the problem.
I just listened to "The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas" version of this episode last night, and noticed that in it actor Ed Begley Jr directly quotes the original episode, maintaining the original math error, instead of correcting it. I think this episode is very cute.
The 17th root of 9000355126606 is indeed about 5.78 as the goofs answer says. Your answer of 5.0489... is the 17th root of 900355126606 (notice "900") not the desired 9000355126606 (notice "9000"). You missed a "0" digit when entering the problem.
I just listened to "The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas" version of this episode last night, and noticed that in it actor Ed Begley Jr directly quotes the original episode, maintaining the original math error, instead of correcting it. I think this episode is very cute.
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