Solve 5x = 50. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
Answer

x ≈ 2.43

x ≈ 4.56

x ≈ 3.89

x ≈ 1.67

Question

Solve 5x = 50. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
Answer
		
x ≈ 2.43
		
x ≈ 4.56
		
x ≈ 3.89
		
x ≈ 1.67

mathstudent55 · Answer

You mean $5^x = 50$, right? Are we supposed to read your mind?

anonymous · Answer

Lolz. I think thats what he meant, too!

anonymous · Answer

um...5x = 50.....x = 10....is your problem written wrong ?

anonymous · Answer

no thats what the question asks me  & no i know you cant read my mind !

mathstudent55 · Answer

$5^x = 50$

Take log of both sides:

$\log 5^x = \log 50$

$x \log 5 = \log 50 $

$x = \dfrac{\log 50}{\log 5} $

anonymous · Answer

gotta love those exponents !

anonymous · Answer

If the problem is 5^x = 50 x = (log(2)+2 log(5))/(log(5)) x = 2.4307 http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=5%5Ex+%3D+50

mathstudent55 · Answer

You wrote 5x = 50, but your answers are to $5^x = 50$.

If we solve the problem you actually asked for, the answer is x = 10.

If, by reading your mind, we answer the problem you meant to ask, then the answer is $x = \dfrac{\log 50}{\log 5} \approx 2.43$

anonymous · Answer

thanks math students &ilfy

anonymous · Answer

No problem!

mathstudent55 · Answer

You're welcome.
In the future, could you please use the exponent symbol ^ to make it easier to interpret your question correctly?
All you need to do was write: 5^x = 50