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00:0-1 in this example were asked to solve each of the
00:02 following equations for X and leave our answers in terms
00:07 of E . To solve for X . In the
00:10 first equation L N x equals three . We simply
00:15 switch the equation from log arrhythmic to exponential form .
00:21 Remember that ? L . N . X means the
00:24 natural log of X . And a natural log has
00:28 a base of E . So to convert the given
00:32 equation to exponential form , remember that the base of
00:37 the log represents the base of the power , The
00:40 right side of the equation represents the exponents and the
00:45 number inside the log represents the result . So we
00:49 have E . To the 3rd equals x . And
00:54 we've solved for X notice that our answer E cubed
01:00 is written in terms of E , which is what
01:03 the problem asks us to do . Now let's take
01:07 a look at the second equation . Ln x squared
01:12 equals eight . Again we saw for X by switching
01:17 the equation from log arrhythmic to exponential form . L
01:22 N X means the natural log of X , and
01:27 a natural log has a base of E . So
01:32 converting the equation to exponential form , we have E
01:38 to the eighth equals X squared next . Since X
01:43 is squared , we take the square root of both
01:46 sides on the right . The square root of x
01:49 squared is X on the left . However , there
01:54 are a couple things to watch out for first .
01:58 Remember that the square root of E to the eighth
02:01 is the same thing as E to the eighth to
02:04 the one half , which simplifies to E to the
02:08 eight times one half or eat to the fourth .
02:13 Also remember that when we take the square root of
02:16 both sides of an equation we use plus or minus
02:20 . So our final answer is plus or minus .
02:23 E . To the fourth equals X .
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In this example, we’re asked to expand the given logarithmic expression, log base 3 of M squared N to the 5th. Remember that our first law of logarithms states that if two values are multiplied together inside a logarithm, such as M squared times N to the 5th, then we can expand the logarithm into the sum of two separate logarithms, in this case log base 3 of M squared plus log base 3 of N to the 5th. Next, notice that each logarithm has a power inside the logarithm, and remember that our third law of logarithms states that if we have a power inside a logarithm, we can move the exponent to the front of the logarithm, so we have 2 times log base 3 of M + 5 times log base 3 of N.

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