If | | denotes the absolute value then is it always true $|x^{s}|=|x|^{s}$ whenever s is any positive real number? I know this holds for any positive integer. What about positive reals?
Elementary question power absolute values
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algebra-precalculus
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0I think you should analyse how $x^s$ is defined in your book. – 2010-11-11