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document.write( "Multiply both sides by 2.7186x - 14\r\n" );
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document.write( "119 = 7·2.7186x - 98\r\n" );
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document.write( "217 = 7·2.7186x\r\n" );
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document.write( "31 = 2.7186x\r\n" );
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document.write( "ln(31) = ln(2.7186x)\r\n" );
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document.write( "by the log of the vase of the exponential.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ln(31) = 6x·ln(2.718)\r\n" );
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document.write( "divide both sides by 6·ln(2.718)\r\n" );
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document.write( "0.5723905486 = x\r\n" );
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document.write( "[Note that 2.718 is a close approximation to e = 2.718281828459...]\r\n" );
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