document.write( "Question 25982: Could you please help me with this. (1.10^x=12). I need to solve for x. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #13993 by AnlytcPhil(1807)\"\" \"About 
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1.10x = 12\r\n" );
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document.write( "Take the log of both sides\r\n" );
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document.write( "log(1.10x) = log(12) \r\n" );
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document.write( "Use this rule of logarithms: log(AB) = B·log(A)\r\n" );
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document.write( "on the left side:\r\n" );
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document.write( "x·log(1.10) = log(12)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by log(1.10)\r\n" );
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document.write( "x·log(1.10)    log(12)\r\n" );
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document.write( " log(1.10)    log(1.10)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel away the logs on the left:\r\n" );
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document.write( "      1\r\n" );
document.write( "x·log(1.10)    log(12)\r\n" );
document.write( "——————————— = —————————\r\n" );
document.write( " log(1.10)    log(1.10) \r\n" );
document.write( "    1\r\n" );
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document.write( "               log(12)\r\n" );
document.write( "          x = —————————\r\n" );
document.write( "              log(1.10)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now get your calculator and get\r\n" );
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document.write( "               1.079181246\r\n" );
document.write( "          x = ————————————— = 26.0717864\r\n" );
document.write( "               .0413926852\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin\r\n" );
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