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by **calisunshine** on Thu Apr 21, 2011 3:59 am

Hi,
I am learning to solve exponenetial and logarithmic equations. The question I need help understanding is:
solve and give answer to the fourth decimal place (answer:1.2702)
13 ^(x-1) = 2

I am unsure of how to proceed after
log13^(x-1) = log 2

Thank you

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by **Martingale** on Thu Apr 21, 2011 4:56 am

calisunshine wrote:Hi,
I am learning to solve exponenetial and logarithmic equations. The question I need help understanding is:
solve and give answer to the fourth decimal place (answer:1.2702)
13 ^(x-1) = 2

I am unsure of how to proceed after
log13^(x-1) = log 2

Thank you

$\log\left(13^{x-1}\right)=(x-1)\log(13)$

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