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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Question 104325This question is from textbook investigating college algebra
: 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 This question is from textbook investigating college algebra

Answer by scott8148(6628) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
look at the original equation ... does 17 to the fifteenth power equal .5?

xlog(17)=log(0.5) ... x=log(0.5)/log(17)