Problem 44344. The 5th Root

Created by goc3

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Write a function to find the 5th root of a number.

It sounds easy, but the typical functions are not allowed (see the test suite), so you'll need to find a non-standard method to solve the problem.

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Hoang Vu on 22 Sep 2019

hay

GeeTwo on 23 Sep 2023

This is supposed to be hard? You should have outlawed a few more functions. I could have written that answer in about fourth grade in a few minutes.

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