Question

What is the value of x after these statements if the starting value of x is 3.

Answer 1

[A]
$3^{2}=9$
$5^{3}=125$
$9\neq25$

Ignore


[B]
$3^{2} = 9$
$9 \ \textgreater \ 3$
Yes

$3^{3}=27$
$4( 3^{2})=36 27 \ \textless \ 36$
Yes

Therefore
$x=3+2=5$


[C]
$4^{5}=1024 5^{4}=625 1024\ \textless \ 625$
No

$5^{5}=3125 5^{5}=3125 3125\ \textgreater \ 3125$
No

Ignore


[D]
$5^{5}=3125 2^{5}=32 3125\ \textgreater \ 32$
Yes

$5^{2}=25 25\ \textless \ 11$
No

Therefore
$x=5+8=13$


[E]
$8\ \textgreater \ 7$
Yes

Therefore
$x = 13^{2}=169$