Answer
$x=5$
Work Step by Step
The exponential function is a one-to-one function, therefore if $a^x=a^y$ and $a\ne 0$ $a\ne 1$, then $x=y$.
Thus we can rewrite the equation:
$2^x=32$
$2^x=2^5$
$x=5$
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