Aboatman is to transport a fox, a goose, and a sack of corn across the river. there is room in his boat for only one of the three at a time. furthermore, if the fox and the goose are left together, the fox will eat the goose. if the goose and the corn are left together, the goose will eat the corn. how can the boatman do the job?

An is a number that is written without a component. it is a number that is either or . an exponent is a or a number that another number is being to. the number that is being raised to a is called the . the or power tells you how many times to the base by . if an exponent is fractional then ask yourself the question: what when multiplied by itself a certain number of times will equal the number?