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ferceballos1
Jun 26, 2007, 10:25 AM
who knows how to solve this problem...


logx^64=6

ebaines
Jun 26, 2007, 10:32 AM
Do you mean:


log _x 64 = 6


Or do you mean:


log (x^{64}) = 6


Please clarify.

ferceballos1
Jun 26, 2007, 10:38 AM
I mean the first one, yeah not the second one... you know how to solve it.

ebaines
Jun 26, 2007, 10:56 AM
OK. Use the definition of the logarithm: if
log _A B = C
then that means that A^C = B. So in this case,
log _x 64 = 6
means that:
x^6 = 64.
Solve for x. Hope this helps.