SOLUTION: Twenty- seven raised to what equals one over eighty- one? 27^?=1/81

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Question 1023807: Twenty- seven raised to what equals one over eighty- one?
27^?=1/81
Answer by msalonga(4) About Me  (Show Source):
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27^x = 1/81
3^3x = 1/3^4
3^3x = 3^(-4)
3x = -4
x = -4/3