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OpenStudy (anonymous):

3^x = 27

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Come on, this one by eye....

OpenStudy (anonymous):

how many times do we have to multiply 3 by itself to get 27?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

... ok first rewrite 27 as \[\LARGE 3^3\] so you have: \[\LARGE 3^x=3^3\] x=?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Clearly we need to take logs.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

3^0 = 1 , 3^1 = 3*1 = 3 , 3^2 = 3*3 = 9 , 3^3 = 3*9 = ..

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thank you!

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