text: (1/2) power x = 1/8? how can this equation be solved help please 1/8 = (1/2)(1/2)(1/2) = (1/2)power 3 answer: x = 3 thank you, wwefan76, for noticing that someone is giving thumbs downs.  if you look at all my recent answers you will see that every single one of them has multiple thumbs downs.