document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=36802>Question 36802</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> convert to logarithmic equations. For example, the logarithmic form of \"23 = 8\" is \"log2 8 = 3\".   \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "e^x = 5 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Taking log on both sides we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "log e^x = log 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Here, the exponent \"x\" of \"e\" comes out as the coefficient of \"log e\" by a property of logrithm.So we get\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "xlog e = log 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and hence  x = log5 , Because log e = 1 </SPAN>\n" );
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