SOLUTION: 5^log 8 with a base of 5. I know there is something I am forgetting about mulitplying with a number and that same number being the base.

Question 467070: 5^log 8 with a base of 5. I know there is something I am forgetting about mulitplying with a number and that same number being the base.
Found 2 solutions by Big Poop, josmiceli:
Answer by Big Poop(157) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

You just have to read this very carefully.
It goes like this:
" I want to raise to a certain power.
This power is an expression which says:
I am an exponent that wants to have
as it's base- oh, look- my base is just
like I need. I don't know what number I am,
but I do know that ."
so,
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