<PRE><B>Question 618085</B>
&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; size=&quot;+2&quot;&gt;


Yep, that is &lt;i&gt;exactly&lt;/i&gt; what you need to do.  Now, recognize that 81 is 9 times 9 and 9 is 3 times 3, so 81 has to be 3 to the 4th.


But the 3 is in the denominator of the fraction 1/3.  Now what?  How about a negative exponent?


Check out the value of *[tex \LARGE \left(\frac{1}{3}\right)^{-4}] on your calculator.


John
*[tex \LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0]
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://outcampaign.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://cdn.cloudfiles.mosso.com/c116811/scarlet_A.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;The Out Campaign: Scarlet Letter of Atheism&quot; width=&quot;143&quot; height=&quot;122&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/font&gt;</PRE>