SOLUTION: Please help with this problem: 3 log 3 x=5 (the second "3" is under the word "log"). I can't seem to follow the pattern on my textbook. I would love to see the steps to workin

Question 12591: Please help with this problem: 3 log 3 x=5 (the second "3" is under the word "log"). I can't seem to follow the pattern on my textbook. I would love to see the steps to working out this problem. thanks!
Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

There are probably several ways to go about this. I'd say to divide both sides by 3, and get

Next use the basic definition of logarithms to convert to exponential form. Remember the definition says means ?

In the same way, means that

What you are trying to find is x, and that's it!! x = .

Is that enough, or you could probably rewrite this as which means , but that's getting carried away if you ask me. Easier to calculate it and say approximately 6.24.

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