Prove that countable intersections of closed subset of R^d are closed

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Prove that countable intersections of closed subset of R^d are closed
 
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Try proving that countable unions of open subsets of R^d are open.
 
If the intersection is not empty (what happens if it is?), consider a convergent sequence x(n) in it; what must happen to the limit? (Remember that closed sets must contain the limits of their convergent sequences).
 
There are two things I don't understand about this problem. First, when finding the nth root of a number, there should in theory be n solutions. However, the formula produces n+1 roots. Here is how. The first root is simply ##\left(r\right)^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}##. Then you multiply this first root by n additional expressions given by the formula, as you go through k=0,1,...n-1. So you end up with n+1 roots, which cannot be correct. Let me illustrate what I mean. For this...
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