SOLUTION: Stan, To explain the problem you are unsure of (what I'm asking) is: The problem would look like the fourth root of 81. However, there is a negative sign in front of the 4.

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Question 43346: Stan,
To explain the problem you are unsure of (what I'm asking) is:
The problem would look like the fourth root of 81. However, there is a negative sign in front of the 4.
Does that help?
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, checkley71:
Answer by stanbon(48535) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You probably want the following:
81^(-1/4)
The negative means "invert"; the 1/4 means "take the 4th root"
These operations may be done in any order.
Inverting first you get (1/81)^(1/4)
Then taking the 4th root you get 1/3
Taking the 4th root first you get 3^(-1)
Then inverting you get 1/3
In either case you get 1/3 as the answer.
Cheers,
stan H.

Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
THE -4TH ROOT OF 81 IS 1/3