Solve by taking the a logarithm of both sides.
8^x = 23
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
taking log on both sides we get
xlog8=log23
x=log23/log8
x=1.50785
OpenStudy (anonymous):
no sumbul...you cant use log_10 without change base value! You could do what you did if you toke the log_8
OpenStudy (anonymous):
ok
OpenStudy (anonymous):
take ln then?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
we need to make
log_c a
log_b(a) = ---------
log_c b
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
all right
OpenStudy (anonymous):
@sumbul that's the same thing I did when I solved it.
OpenStudy (anonymous):
we may rewrite:
2^3x=23
taking log_2 on both sides:
3x= log_2 23
log_2 23 = (log_10 23) / (log_10 2) = 4,52
so 3x = 4.5235
x = 1.5078
OpenStudy (anonymous):
answers are same
OpenStudy (anonymous):
im was thinking about.. i was wrong when i said "no sumbul...you cant use log_10 without change base value! You could do what you did if you toke the log_8"
We can use
log_c a^b = b log_c a !!
Sorry @sumbul =)