3. Deon left school and traveled toward the mountains at an average speed of 24 mph. Sometime later
Hana left traveling the same direction but at an
average speed of 40 mph. After traveling for 3
hours, Hana caught up with Deon. How long did Deon
travel before Hana caught up?

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)

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