how would I show 7776 as a power using the base of 6?? I know it is 6^5 because I divided by 6 until I got 1, but is there a different way?

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how would I show 7776 as a power using the base of 6??  I know it is 6^5 because I divided by 6 until I got 1, but is there a different way?

anonymous · Answer

you can cheat if you like

anonymous · Answer

with a calculator that is.

anonymous · Answer

if you didn't see immediately that 
$$6^5=2776$$ you could solve 
$$6^x=2776$$ for x by taking out your calculator and computing 
$$\log(2776)\div \log(6)$$ and you will get 5
try it

anonymous · Answer

all typos there .
should be 
$$6^x=7776$$
$$x=\log(7776)\div \log(6)$$