SOLUTION: log base 5(1/625)

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Question 590167: log base 5(1/625)
Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
We can write this in exponential form as:
5^x=1/625
The quest is what power is 5 raised to to get 1/625:
x=-4
Make sense?
RJ
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