During a guided tour of Sindrow Castle, a group of tourists climbed to the top of Fineview Tower. At the top, the guide asked the six children in the group to guess how many steps they had
climbed. Their guesses were 155, 157, 167, 168, 179 and 183.
The guide revealed that the closest guess was only 3 more or less than the correct number and
that two of the other guesses were no more than 10 away.
How many steps had they climbed?
A 160
B 164
C 171
D 176

C

Step-by-step explanation:

since your problem is x^4 = 81, what you have to undeo is the "to the fourth power" part.

the inverse (opposite operation) of "to the fourth power" is "to the fourth root".

  (x^4) ^ ¼   = 81 ^ ¼  

  81 = 3^4     so (3 ^ 4) ^ ¼   =   3 ^ 1   = 3

by hand: (3 ^ 4) ^ ¼   =   3 ^ (4 x ¼) = 3 ^ 1   = 3   (when you take a power to a power, multiply the exponents.)

or, do it by calculator. one way of finding the fourth root is to use ^ (1/4)

step-by-step explanation:

it's d

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