SOLUTION: 5^log 8 with a base of 5. I know there is something I am forgetting about mulitplying with a number and that same number being the base.

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Question 467070: 5^log 8 with a base of 5. I know there is something I am forgetting about mulitplying with a number and that same number being the base.
Found 2 solutions by Big Poop, josmiceli:
Answer by Big Poop(157) About Me  (Show Source):
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
+5%5E%28log%285%2C8%29%29+
You just have to read this very carefully.
It goes like this:
" I want to raise 5 to a certain power.
This power is an expression which says:
I am an exponent that wants to have 5
as it's base- oh, look- my base is 5 just
like I need. I don't know what number I am,
but I do know that +5%5Ex+=+8+."
so, +5%5E%28log%285%2C8%29%29+=+8+