Question 270861: Please help me solve this problem.
Find y in the equation:
log2 64=y Found 2 solutions by papugai, Alan3354:Answer by papugai(18) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You read this as "y is the exponent you put on 2 to get 64"
Since this is a simple power, the answer can even be found by trial and error, and I know that
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Since it's an integer, just check the powers of 2 and check for a match.
0 1
1 2
2 4
3 8
4 16
5 32
6 64 That's it
So
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Had it not been an integer:
log(64)/log(2) = 6
That always works, even for non-integers.
eg,
log(63)/log(2) =~ 5.9772799
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