Need Help With Radicals!!

[bluestar101]

can anybody help me with radicals,
and how do you type a radical problem on the computer??? cuz theres no radical sign on the keyboard

[symbolipoint]

download and install TexAide, or learn the typesetting language for this forum. TexAide is easier; also freeware.

[Dick]

If you want the nth root of a, you can also say a^(1/n) and avoid the need for a radical symbol altogether.