pl tell me in simple language what are radicals and exponents?

Question

Pl be simple in your details

Answer 1

an exponent is a number that tells how much the base number is squared, which per examples 9 and 3.
3 with the exponent 2 is equal to 9 which means 3 times itself 2times is equal to nine.

and radical is the number when take the square root. per example the square root of 9 is 3, so 3 is the radicals.

Answer 2

radicals and exponents are opposite to each other.

sqrt(x) : sqrt is the radical
this can also be written as
x^(1/2)

x^2 : ^2 is the exponent.

Answer 3

its simply the complex notations used for representing the no:of times we manupulate a simple number!