document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=4560>Question 4560</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve problem to 3 significant digits\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2^x = 0.0525 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Take the ln of each side of the equation:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "By the third law of logarithms, the exponent x becomes the coefficient of the ln2:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides of the equation by ln 2:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "R^2 at SCC </SPAN>\n" );
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