x = 512
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Answer by fcabanski(1391) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! The definition of logarithms is that log(base y)x = a is equivalent to y^a = x.
In this problem 8^3 = x, so x = 512.
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