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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Erika is working on solving the exponential equation 50x = 17; however, she is not quite sure where to start. Using complete sentences, describe to Erika how to solve this equation.

OpenStudy (welshfella):

you can solve this by taking logs of both sides ln 50^x = ln 17 x ln 50 = ln 17 now to find x divide both sides by ln 50

OpenStudy (welshfella):

in the second line i used one of the laws of logarithms:- ln a^x = x ln a

OpenStudy (welshfella):

sorry gotta go right now hope this has helped

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