SOLUTION: I can't seem to solve ln 2x=5. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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Question 746873: I can't seem to solve ln 2x=5. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Answer by rothauserc(4718) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
we are given this problem
solve ln 2x=5
assuming this is a base 10 logarithm, we have
10^5 = 2x
100000 = 2x and
x = 100000/2 = 50000