document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=192195>Question 192195</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me with this algebra 2 problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Directions: Using inverses simplify the expression.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "#48:5^log   x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I dont exactly know how to type that but its 5 raised to log is followed by a small 5 thats a little bit lower and next to that a little raised is an x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have no idea how to do that but i know that the answer is x could you please explain this to me?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #144248 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=144248\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <font face=\"Garamond\" size=\"+2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What you meant was:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 5^{\log_5(x)}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And here is how you would render such a thing as an input to this site:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5^(log(5,(x)))\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now, for the solution to your problem.  Remember that:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y = \log_b(x) \ \ \Rightarrow\ \ b^y=x\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But notice that in your problem, you are raising 5 to a base-5 logarithm.  What <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \log_5(x)\"> means is \"the number I would use as an exponent on 5 to equal <i><b>x</b></i>\"  Hence if you raise 5 to the power of the number you would use as an exponent on 5 to equal <i><b>x</b></i>, then you would just get <i><b>x</b></i>.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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