SOLUTION: please help me solve this e^.5t=1600

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Question 468528: please help me solve this e^.5t=1600
Found 2 solutions by asuar010, Tatiana_Stebko:
Answer by asuar010(338) About Me  (Show Source):
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take the natural logarithm (known as ln) of both sides and you end up as:
+ln%28e%5E%280.5t%29%29=ln%281600%29 and by using the properties of logarithms you get:
+0.5t%2Aln%28e%29=ln%281600%29 and ln(e)=1 so you simplify and you get:
0.5t=ln%281600%29 then +t=ln%281600%29%2F0.5=14.7555

Answer by Tatiana_Stebko(1539) About Me  (Show Source):