document.write( "Question 872441: Solve algebraically for x : \n" ); document.write( "
\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "16 and 64 are both powers of 4\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "So we write 16 as 4² and 64 as 4³\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Remove the parentheses by multiplying the exponents:\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Equal exponentials with the same positive base ≠ 1 \r\n" ); document.write( "have equal exponents:\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Edwin