document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=169643>Question 169643</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I really need your help evaluating this- log base four of one sixteenth. I am supposed to use mental math and I have no Idea how to do this. Would you please help me? (Sorry about spelling it out, I don't know how to type numbers with exponents or bases.)   </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "16 is 4 to the power of 2.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The inverse is the negative exponent, so it's -2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That's the whole story. </SPAN>\n" );
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