SOLUTION: please help me solve for x! :

Question 389943: please help me solve for x! :

Answer by jsmallt9(3758) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

To solve for a variable that is in the argument of a logarithm, like x is here, we rewrite the equation in exponential form. In general is equivalent to . Using this pattern on your equation we get:

Now that the logarithm is gone we can solve for x. Start by simplifying the right side:

Subtract 2 from each side:

Divide both sides by 2:

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