Answer:
the 4th option
Step-by-step explanation:
8 = 2³
so, when we convert
[tex] {8}^{x - 3} [/tex]
into a "2 to the power of" expression, we get therefore
[tex] ({2}^{3}) ^{x - 3} [/tex]
and when we have an exponent of an exponent, we can simplify by multiplying these two exponents.
3×(x-3) = 3x - 9
and therefore we get
[tex] {2}^{3x - 9} [/tex]
and by the way, we can now even easily solve this for x, as we know
[tex] {2}^{4x} = {2}^{3x + x} [/tex]
after all, because 4x = x + x + x + x = 3x + x = ...
and because we got also
[tex] {2}^{4x} = {2}^{3x - 9} [/tex]
we know that 3x + x = 3x - 9
and that gives us x = -9
