SOLUTION: Solve the following: loga (1/27)=-3. a is the small number next to log.

SOLUTION: Solve the following: loga (1/27)=-3. a is the small number next to log.

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Question 123229: Solve the following: loga (1/27)=-3. a is the small number next to log.
Answer by ilana(307) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
So first of all, that little number is called the base. So this says "log base a of 1/27 is -3. That means a^(-3)=1/27. So a^3=27. So a=3, since 3*3*3=27.
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