If you get stuck, try drawing these on a graph using a spreadsheet
program. This should help you investigate some of the shapes of the
more complicated graphs.
Show without recourse to any calculating aid that 7^{1/2} + 7^{1/3}
+ 7^{1/4} < 7 and 4^{1/2} + 4^{1/3} + 4^{1/4} > 4 . Sketch
the graph of f(x) = x^{1/2} + x^{1/3} + x^{1/4} -x