If 3* = 81, then what is the value of * ?
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Asked on: 07 May 2008
The answer is that you divide 81 by 3 in order to get 27.
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To find the value of * in 3*=81 need to know the power in which 3 would be raised to give 81. The number is 4, therefore: 3*=81; 3*=3^4, canceling out three from both sides we have *=4.
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To find the value of * in 3*=81 need to know the power in which 3 would be raised to give 81. The number is 4, therefore: 3*=81; 3*=3^4, canceling out three from both sides we have *=4.By: goodboy
Date of comment: Fri, Jan 2nd 2009
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