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OpenStudy (anonymous):
Is there a thing as an inverse Log?
I mean like Sinx=y, then inverse is Sin^(-1)y=x
is there same thing for log?
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OpenStudy (zarkon):
yes
OpenStudy (anonymous):
ln?
OpenStudy (zarkon):
\[a^{\log_a(x)}=x\]
\[\log_{a}(a^x)=x\]
OpenStudy (anonymous):
So if I have
\[\log_3(\log_x)=5\]
How would I do that?
OpenStudy (zarkon):
what is inside the inner log?
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
O, forgot to put it, 3
OpenStudy (zarkon):
log base 3 of x?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
\[\log_3(\log_x3)=5\]
OpenStudy (zarkon):
ok...
\[3^{\log_{3}(\log_{x}(3))}=\log_{x}(3)\]
OpenStudy (zarkon):
that gives
\[\log_{x}(3)=3^5\]
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
how did you get your first thing, 3 to the log base 3.... ?
OpenStudy (zarkon):
\[\log_3(\log_x3)=5\Rightarrow 3^{\log_3(\log_x3)}=3^5\]
OpenStudy (anonymous):
I don't get that, sorry.
OpenStudy (zarkon):
if \[a=b\] then \[3^a=3^b\]
OpenStudy (anonymous):
Ok, I get it, and what's after you got that second equation.
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OpenStudy (zarkon):
\[\log_3(\log_x3)=5\Rightarrow 3^{\log_3(\log_x3)}=3^5\]
\[\Rightarrow \log_{x}(3)=3^5\]
OpenStudy (zarkon):
Then use \[\log_a(b)=c \Leftrightarrow a^c=b\]
OpenStudy (anonymous):
x^5=3^5
x=3
OpenStudy (anonymous):
Oh my bad
OpenStudy (zarkon):
\[\Rightarrow \log_{x}(3)=3^5\Leftrightarrow x^{(3^5)}=3\]
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
OK so
x=3/125
OpenStudy (zarkon):
so \[x^{243}=3\]
OpenStudy (anonymous):
Oh the other way, yes
81
OpenStudy (zarkon):
no
OpenStudy (zarkon):
raise both sides to the 1/243 power
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
243th root of 3
OpenStudy (anonymous):
Should have got that before....
OpenStudy (zarkon):
yes\[\sqrt[243]{3}\]
OpenStudy (anonymous):
Yep. I meant that, ty!