Answer :

X would equal 1/2 considering the negative is already in the equation
[tex]64^x = \frac{1}{8} \\ln(64^{x}) = ln(\frac{1}{8}) \\xln(64) = ln(\frac{1}{8}) \\x = \frac{ln\frac{1}{8}}{ln64} \\x = -0.5 [/tex]