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document.write( "You just need to learn how to change a logarithm equation \r\n" );
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document.write( "If it's a log base b equation like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "you change it to this exponential form:\r\n" );
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document.write( "If it's a natural log equation, (like yours), like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "you change it to this exponential form:\r\n" );
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document.write( "You can think of the instructions\r\n" );
document.write( "this way:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Drop the log on one side and put the \r\n" );
document.write( "other side as an exponent of the base.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So when you got here:\r\n" );
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document.write( "You drop the \"ln\" on the left and put the right side\r\n" );
document.write( "as an exponent of \"e\" like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Distribute on the right:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Get the x-terms on the left\r\n" );
document.write( "and the other terms on the right:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Factor out x on the left:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by \r\n" );
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document.write( "You can either leave it like that or\r\n" );
document.write( "get your calculator and punch it out\r\n" );
document.write( "and get the decimal approximation:\r\n" );
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