document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=267182>Question 267182</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> solve for x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3 = log 8 + 3 log x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here's what I tried:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3 = log 8 + log x^3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 = log 8x^3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10^3 = 10^(log8x^3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 = 8x^3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3/8 = x^3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(use the calculator to find the cube root of 3/8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(but I know the answer is suppose to be 5) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "solve for x <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 = log 8 + 3 log x <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Here's what I tried: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 = log 8 + log x^3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 = log 8x^3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10^3 = 10^(log8x^3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is all correct up to this point. And, as your works hows, 10^(log8x^3) = 8x^3. But what is 10^3? It is 1000. So your equation becomes:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1000 = 8x^3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide by 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "125 = x^3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cube root of each side:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5 = x </SPAN>\n" );
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