SOLUTION: I need help with this problem: 3^log base 3 of 8 Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Question 973081: I need help with this problem:
3^log base 3 of 8
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, josmiceli:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


The exponential function and the logarithmic function are inverses of each other.

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Again you must understand: INVERSES. THOSE ARE INVERSE FUNCTIONS. One undoes the other.

Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The difficulty here is reading the equation.
Remember that logs are exponents
This is telling you that is raised to an
exponent which also has a base , and
the result of raising to this exponent
is , so

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You could also do it this way:

This is saying:

and that brings me back to:

Hope tthis helps

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