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  # To the nearest thousand what is the value of a=
  
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  CEO
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  To the nearest thousand what is the value of a= [#permalink]
  
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  06 Dec 2003, 14:59
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  To the nearest thousand what is the value of
  
  a= 3^(1/1998)+ 3 ^(-(1/1998) )
  
  a. 0
  b. 2
  c. 10
  d sqrt3
  e. 4
  
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  06 Dec 2003, 16:07
  stoolfi wrote:
  3^0+3^0=2
  
  B?
  
  right again.
  
  do you think ,we needed nearest "thousandth" here, instead
  
  of nearest thousand
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  06 Dec 2003, 16:25
  I agree, but better still would be to say which answer is closest to the following equation.
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  07 Dec 2003, 05:49
  praetorian123 wrote:
  stoolfi wrote:
  3^0+3^0=2
  
  B?
  
  right again.
  
  do you think ,we needed nearest "thousandth" here, instead
  
  of nearest thousand
  
  The question should be simply:
  
  The <equation> is approximately:
  a
  b
  c
  d
  e
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