SOLUTION: How do I solve the equation 5X=72. If needed I can round to the nearest three decimal places. NOTE: the (x) following the 5 should be written as expanded notation. I just do n

Question 113513: How do I solve the equation 5X=72. If needed I can round to the nearest three decimal places.
NOTE: the (x) following the 5 should be written as expanded notation. I just do not know how to write it like that on the computer.
Found 2 solutions by checkley71, Earlsdon:
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5^X=72
USING THE TRIAL & ERROR METHOD I GET:
5^2.657242=72
71.99999268~72

Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I'm not certain what you mean by "expanded notation" but I suspect that it means "raised to the power of", so, with that in mind, let's proceed...
Take the logarithm of both sides.
Apply the power rule for logarithms to the left side:.
Divide both sides by log(5).

Check:
Substitute x = 2.657

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