SOLUTION: Can someone help me solve this problem log[2] x=4

Question 196906: Can someone help me solve this problem
log[2] x=4

Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Recall the definition of the logaritm of a number:
"The logarithm of a number is the power to which the base must be raised to equal the number"
So when you write what you are really writing is...
"The base (2) must be raised to the power of 4 to equal x" or...
Simplifying, you get...

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