document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=181260>Question 181260</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello, I finished school what seems like years ago. I have signed up to try and woth for the airforce as an officer. My maths is really rusty. There is a problem in one of their test papers which i dont understand. Its probably very simple.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3to the power of x = 81\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I cant put the x above the 3 not sure how to enter that into a computer. Do you have any recommendations about reviving previous knowledge i have with maths?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "thanks<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Jesse </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #135906 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ptaylor><B>ptaylor(2198)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ptaylor><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ptaylor><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=135906\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%5Ex=81 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%5Ex=81\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "by inspection, we can see that the answer is 4 because:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Review the section in you math book or search the internet for logarithms.  This will help you to solve problems like the one above.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps---ptaylor </SPAN>\n" );
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