SOLUTION: Please help me with this problem! log5 16-log5 2t=log5 2

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log5 16-log5 2t=log5 2

Answer by tutor_paul(519)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Recognize that the left side can be re-written according to an algebraic
property of logarithms:

This now allows you to rewrite the equation with each side being the
exponent of 5 without changing the value of the equation:

This form now allows you to use one of the inverse properties
of logarithms to re-write the equation as follows:

Then just solve for t:


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