SOLUTION: Please help! I do not understand logarithms - I think the answer here is -7, but I'm not sure. I need to solve for y. Can you please give me step-by-step instruction? Log49 1

Question 183193: Please help! I do not understand logarithms - I think the answer here is -7, but I'm not sure. I need to solve for y. Can you please give me step-by-step instruction?
Log49 1/7 = y (log base 49)
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Please help! I do not understand logarithms - I think the answer here is -7, but I'm not sure. I need to solve for y. Can you please give me step-by-step instruction?
Log49 1/7 = y (log base 49)

7 is the sqrt of 49, so

The inverse, 1/7, makes it negative, so
y = -1/2
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