How to simplify (81^-0.25)^3

You are standing next to a really big circular lake. you want to measure the diameter of the lake, but you don't want to have to swim across with a measuring tape! you decide to walk around the perimeter of the lake and measure its circumference, and find that it's 400\pi\text{ m}400? m. what is the diameter dd of the lake?

Can someone show me step by step how to do this?

Ben and cam are scuba diving. ben is 15.815.8 meters below the surface of the water. cam is 4.24.2 meters above ben. what is cam's position relative to the surface of the water? choose 1 choose 1 (choice a) a 11.611.6 meters above the surface of the water (choice b) b 11.611.6 meters below the surface of the water (choice c) c 2020 meters above the surface of the water (choice d) d 20 meters below the surface of the water