document.write( "Question 458458: For z always positive, what does x equal in the equation
\n" ); document.write( "z = x^(x^(y-1))?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I submitted this several times, one answer was
\n" ); document.write( "z=x^(x^(y-1))
\n" ); document.write( "x^x = z^(1/(y-1))
\n" ); document.write( "x = z^(1/x(y-1))\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This doesn't work out with actual numbers. For example:
\n" ); document.write( "z=19683, x=3, y=3. 19683 = 3^(3^(3-1)). Works fine.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "But:
\n" ); document.write( "x^x = z^(1/(y-1)) is not true because
\n" ); document.write( "3^3 doesn't equal 19683^(1/(3-1))
\n" ); document.write( "27 doesn't equal 140.2961154. Is there something I'm missing here? Am I
\n" ); document.write( "reading the above answer incorrectly? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #314522 by richwmiller(17219) $\"\"$ $\"About$

You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It is not going to work for just any x, y and z
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