document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=999351>Question 999351</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the exact solution to the exponential equation 2000=20(3)^(2x).  (Do not give a decimal approximation.)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=?????????<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2000=20(3)^(2x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "we divide by 20 first...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "100 = 3^(2x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then take log-to-the-base-three<BR>\n" );
document.write( "log(3)100 = 2x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and divide by 2, so that<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = (1/2)log(3)100 </SPAN>\n" );
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