Question

Solve log4 32=x+2. Can someone please help me solve this?

Answer 1

4 is the base of log.

Answer 2

\[\log _{4}32=x+2\]

Answer 3

To solve for x
Subtract 2 on both sides

Answer 4

So, log4 30=x?

Answer 5

Change it to the exponential form. Tell me what you see

Answer 6

I think my way is easier :p try this first ^

Answer 7

4^(x+2)=32
do you know how to get that?

Answer 8

No I don't :/

Answer 9

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Answer 10

\[\log_432=x+2\]
-2 -2
\[\log_432-2=x\]

Answer 11

The whole point of logs, is that they were "made" to "Solve for" an exponent. So if I had an expression that was 2^x=100, the only way to "find x" is to use logarithms. How? You can re-write any exponential equation to look like a logarithm, and vise versa.

Answer 12

To go from log to exponential, you need to write the "answer" as the EXPONENT of the BASE.
4 is the base of the log, so write x+2 as the exponent of 4. 4^(x+2)

Answer 13

and what does that equal? Well you only have one number left; the number you were taking the log of. 32.

This is a basic skill you need to learn :) Writing logs as exponentials, and writiing exponentials as logs.

Answer 14

Now if you want to simplify \[\log_432\]
I would say let g equal that
so we have
\[g=\log_432\]
writing in exponential form we get
\[4^g=32\]

g=3 doesn't work b/c 4(4)(4)=16(4)=64

g=3/2 doesn't work b/c (4)^(3/2)=2^3=8

g=5/2 works b/c (4)^(5/2)=2^5=32

Booyah! :)

So that means
\[\log_4(32)=\frac{5}{2}\]
So what does that mean x equals or simplifies to?

Answer 15

You could just use your calculator though instead of that method right there
sometimes that method will be too difficult to use

Answer 16

A good formula to remember
is the change of base formula
\[\frac{\ln(a)}{\ln(b)}=\log_b(a)\]

Answer 17

\[4^{x+2}=32 \]

So how do you solve this? There's a trick you'll probably have to often use: you need express both numbers as the same base! You can probably tell that 4 is simply 2^2, and 32 is 2^5

That's what I mean by "the same base"
So once you do that, you've got this:
\[2^{2(x+2)}=2^{5}\]

Once you have something looking like that, you can solve for x! You simply "ignore" the "big" 2s, and you get
2(x+2)=5
solve for x now, and you get 0.5, or 1/2 :)

Answer 18

using my way we get
\[\frac{5}{2}-2=x\]

Answer 19

Remember since \[\log_4(32)=\frac{5}{2}\]

Answer 20

The trick to these is:
1. writing it in exponential form (learn to do this!! you'll use it all the time)
2. Expressing both sides of your new (but equilivant to the log expression) equation with the same bases.
3."zooming in" on the exponents, ignoring the "big numbers" (which are now the same) and solving for x like a regular algebra problem.

Answer 21

myininaya i like your solution, it's just that I'm close to the asker's age, I think, and I remember that this is the particular way they want these questions done, even if it is a drag , lol

Answer 22

they=the teachers