SOLUTION: I am trying to help my son with an exponent question with an unknown exponent. Here is the sample question. (unfortunately it was not taken from a text book) Please Help me solv

Question 69056: I am trying to help my son with an exponent question with an unknown exponent. Here is the sample question. (unfortunately it was not taken from a text book)
Please Help me solve this equation: 4n^x=4/n^2
I am trying to solve for x.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

First, each side can be divided by 4

Now multiply each side by n^2

The left side is similar to something like

There is a rule that says "Anything raised to the zero power = 1"
So, stated backwards, "If something raised to an exponent = 1, then that
exponent must be zero"

check:

multiply both sides by

OK
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