Question 64331
Don't feel stupid, nobody was born knowing how to do this.  Everyone has to learn it.
{{{2^x=50}}}  take the log or ln of both sides of the equation.
{{{ln(2^x)=ln(50)}}}
{{{xln(2)=ln(50)}}}
{{{xln(2)/(ln(2))=ln(50)/(ln(2))}}}
{{{x=ln(50)/(ln(2))}}}  Plug this into your calculator and you get:
x=5.64385619
Happy Calculating!!!!