SOLUTION: If i had an equation to y=ab to the x, and it went to -1=(-3)b to the -1, what would b end up being??

SOLUTION: If i had an equation to y=ab to the x, and it went to -1=(-3)b to the -1, what would b end up being??

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Question 273795: If i had an equation to y=ab to the x, and it went to -1=(-3)b to the -1, what would b end up being??
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given equation.

Divide both sides by -3

Reduce.

Rewrite as

Simplify

Cross multiply.

So the solution is
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