SOLUTION: if log8 x=1, then x= what is x

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Question 969774: if log8 x=1, then x=
what is x

Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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log to a base of something raised to what goes after the equals sign is the x.
log to base 8, raised to the 1 power is 8^1=8
log 10 (100)=2.
10^2=100.

It's like a circle. You go from base to the answer, using the answer as the exponent,and curve back around to the number after the base.
Remember log 10 (100)=2, and you can do this for all problems.