SOLUTION: 17^x=0.5 Changed to x=log(17)0.5 x= 15.7144 (found in the back of text) having trouble entering into graph calculator
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investigating college algebra
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17^x=0.5
Changed to x=log(17)0.5
x= 15.7144 (found in the back of text)
having trouble entering into graph calculator
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look at the original equation ... does 17 to the fifteenth power equal .5?
xlog(17)=log(0.5) ... x=log(0.5)/log(17)