Precalculus (10th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Exponential and Logarithmic Functions - 5.4 Logarithmic Functions - 5.4 Assess Your Understanding - Page 296: 110

Answer

$x=\frac{7+log{\frac{3}{8}}}{2}$

Work Step by Step

We know that by definition if $y=a^x$, then $log_a {y}=x$ , also $log_e {x}=ln {x}$, hence if $y=e^x$, then $ln{e^x}=log_e {e^x}=x$ and vice versa and that $ln{\frac{1}{x}}=-ln{x}$. Hence if $8\cdot10^{2x-7}=3$, then $10^{2x-7}=\frac{3}{8}$. Solve the equation above to obtain (after taking $log$ of both sides): \begin{align*}2x-7=log{\frac{3}{8}}\end{align*} \begin{align*}2x=7+log{\frac{3}{8}}\end{align*} \begin{align*}x=\frac{7+log{\frac{3}{8}}}{2}\end{align*}
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