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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Write the equation in exponential form.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

@jim_thompson5910 im not really sure what to do here

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

this is the opposite of the one where you got stumped (where you guessed it was choice D, but it was really choice B)

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

any ideas on how to go backward?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

o boy just peachy

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is it 4^2=16

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

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jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

you're close

OpenStudy (anonymous):

dang i was wrong lol your work makes more since than mine hehe

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

just remember that the base of the log becomes the base of the exponent

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Solve 152x = 36. Round to the nearest ten-thousandth.

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

and hopefully that will jog your memory

OpenStudy (anonymous):

^2x

OpenStudy (anonymous):

can i do this on a calculator Solve 15^2x = 36. Round to the nearest ten-thousandth.

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

yes, type in (log(36)/log(15))/2

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