document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=307745>Question 307745</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve logarithmic equation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 log (x+1) = 5 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #220117 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><B>rapaljer(4671)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><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=rapaljer><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=220117\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> First divide by 2:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2 log (x+1) = 5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "log (x+1)=2.5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Re-write as <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=log%2810%2Cx%2B1%29=2.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"log%2810%2Cx%2B1%29=2.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, which means <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=10%5E2.5=+x%2B1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"10%5E2.5=+x%2B1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract 1 from each side:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note:  This answer can also be written as <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=+10%5E2%2Asqrt%2810%29-1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=+10%5E2%2Asqrt%2810%29-1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=100%2Asqrt%2810%29-1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"100%2Asqrt%2810%29-1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have quite a bit of explanation on Logarithms with examples solved in LIVING COLOR on my own website.  Please go to \"www2.seminolestate.edu/rrapalje\".  Look for the links on my Homepage \"Basic, Intermediate, and College Algebra: One Step at a Time\" and also \"MATH IN LIVING COLOR\", and look under \"College Algebra\" (Chapter 4).  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I also have an entire explanation of Logarithms on video from my own teaching in class before I retired a few years ago.  To see the videos, look for \"Rapalje Videos in Living Color\", and see College Algebra for the topic of Logarithms.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I think you will find the explanations, both written and video, much easier to understand than traditional textbooks.  My own students did!!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Dr. Robert J. Rapalje, Retired<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Seminole State College of Florida<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Altamonte Springs Campus    <BR>\n" );
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