SOLUTION: 2 = x^10 What is x?

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Question 652933: 2 = x^10
What is x?
Answer by Shana-D77(132) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
to "undo" exponents, you can raise the base (and, of cuorse, the other side of the equation) to the reciprocal of the exponent.
example:
25 = x^2
25^(1/2) = x
5 = x
In your example:
2^(1/10) = x
x ~ 1.07177