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You are working as a laboratory technician at a water treatment plant monitoring the rate of chemical concentration reduction. The fractional dilution index xx is modeled by the logarithmic equation log13127=x\log_{\frac{1}{3}} \frac{1}{27} = x. To find the value of xx, you convert this equation to its equivalent exponential form, resulting in (13)x=127\left(\frac{1}{3}\right)^x = \frac{1}{27}. By recalling how to express the fraction 127\frac{1}{27} as a power of the base 13\frac{1}{3}, you rewrite the equation as (13)x=(13)3\left(\frac{1}{3}\right)^x = \left(\frac{1}{3}\right)^3. Matching the exponents on both sides, you determine that the dilution index xx must be equal to ____.

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