SOLUTION: Could you please provide me with a detailed explantation on how to solve the following... log 2 {{{ (8^x) }}}

Question 193540: Could you please provide me with a detailed explantation on how to solve the following...
log 2

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can't solve this (ie you can't find "x"), but you can simplify

Start with the given expression.

Pull down the exponent using the identity .

Rewrite as

Pull down the exponent using the identity .

Evaluate the log base 2 of 2 to get 1

Multiply

So
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