SOLUTION: How do you solve 1 over p to the 4th power?

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Question 119223This question is from textbook Glencoe Mathimatics Pre-Algebra
: How do you solve 1 over p to the 4th power? This question is from textbook Glencoe Mathimatics Pre-Algebra

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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How do you solve 1 over p to the 4th power?
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You can't, to solve something it has have an equal sign, (equal to something)
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For example if you had:
%281%2Fp%29%5E4 = 4096
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Find the 4th root of both sides
%28%281%2Fp%29%5E4%29%5E%281%2F4%29 = 4096%5E%281%2F4%29
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1%2Fp = 8: (You can see that 8^4 = 4096)
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Multiply both sides by p
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8p = 1
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p = 1%2F8
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p = .125
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If you substitute .125 for p in the original equation, you can see you will have
1%2F.125 = 8
therefore
8^4 = 4096; which we know is true
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