3. A few weeks ago, the residents of Planet X noticed a piece of their planet fell off. In fear that
it was consumption related, residents monitored
their energy consumption. Energy use on Planet X
has been decreasing at a rate of 2 kilowatts each
day. What rational number represents the total
energy change after two weeks?

since your problem is x^4 = 81, what you have to undeo is the "to the fourth power" part.

the inverse (opposite operation) of "to the fourth power" is "to the fourth root".

  (x^4) ^ ¼   = 81 ^ ¼  

  81 = 3^4     so (3 ^ 4) ^ ¼   =   3 ^ 1   = 3

by hand: (3 ^ 4) ^ ¼   =   3 ^ (4 x ¼) = 3 ^ 1   = 3   (when you take a power to a power, multiply the exponents.)

or, do it by calculator. one way of finding the fourth root is to use ^ (1/4)

step-by-step explanation:

it should be a.

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