In order to accumulate enough money for a down payment on a house, a couple deposits $589 per month into an account paying 3% compounded monthly. If payments are made at the end of each period,
how much money will be in the account in 4 years?
Type the amount in the account: $
(Round to the nearest dollar.)

you have four years 1767 dollars in account

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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