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document.write( "log2(5x + 2) = 4\r
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document.write( "log2(5x + 2) = 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "Use the definition of a logarithm which states that the\r\n" );
document.write( "logarithm equation \"log%28B%2CA%29=C\" is equivalent to the\r\n" );
document.write( "exponential equation \"A=B%5EC\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore your logarithm equation is equivalent to this\r\n" );
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document.write( "5x + 2 = 24\r\n" );
document.write( "5x + 2 = 16\r\n" );
document.write( "    5x = 14\r\n" );
document.write( "     x = \"14%2F5\" or 2.8\r\n" );
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