Green Cove Springs is a city in Clay County, Florida, United States. The population was 5,378 at the 2000 census. As of 2010, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 6,908. It is the county seat of Clay County. The city is named after the portion of the St. Johns River upon which the city is built.
As n becomes very small, `(1+n)^(1/n)` approaches the value of e. We can obtain reasonable accuracy with a very small value of n. `e~~[(1+n)^(1/n)]_(n=0.000000001)=2.718281827`. The graph of `y=(1+n)^(1/n)` is as follows: e = 2.71828... Graph of `(1+n)^(1/n)`.
Exponents are a shorthand for calculating the multiplication of a number by itself several times. The exponent tells you how many times to multiply the number. For example, 2^3 is shorthand for 2 x 2 x 2 and 8^17 tells you to multiply 8 by itself 17 times. In algebra, variables may contain exponents, such as x^2 or y^4.