Solve for x log base 16 of x=1/4

$\log_{16} (x) = \frac{1}{4}$

Step 1

Rewrite $\log_{16} (x) = \frac{1}{4}$ in exponential form using the definition of a logarithm. If $x$ and $b$ are positive real numbers and $b \neq 1$ , then $\log_{b} (x) = y$ is equivalent to $b^{y} = x$ .

$16^{\frac{1}{4}} = x$

Step 2

Solve for $x$ .

Rewrite the equation as $x = 16^{\frac{1}{4}}$ .

$x = 16^{\frac{1}{4}}$

Simplify $16^{\frac{1}{4}}$ .

Simplify the expression.

Rewrite $16$ as $2^{4}$ .

$x = {(2^{4})}^{\frac{1}{4}}$

Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, ${(a^{m})}^{n} = a^{m n}$ .

$x = 2^{4 (\frac{1}{4})}$

Cancel the common factor of $4$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$x = 2^{4 (\frac{1}{4})}$

Rewrite the expression.

$x = 2^{1}$

Evaluate the exponent.

$x = 2$

Solve for x log base 16 of x=1/4

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