SOLUTION: 4^1-x = 8 1-x is all a power I think I need to make 8 a 4 somehow and then 1-x= whatever I do to 8 to make it 4. I am not sure how to do this though.

SOLUTION: 4^1-x = 8 1-x is all a power I think I need to make 8 a 4 somehow and then 1-x= whatever I do to 8 to make it 4. I am not sure how to do this though.

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Question 602511: 4^1-x = 8
1-x is all a power
I think I need to make 8 a 4 somehow and then 1-x= whatever I do to 8 to make it 4.
I am not sure how to do this though.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Since the bases are equal, the exponents are equal.

So the solution is
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