Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
You know how subtraction is the <em>opposite of addition </em>and division is the <em>opposite of multiplication</em>? A logarithm is the <em>opposite of an exponent</em>. You know how you can rewrite the equation 3 + 2 = 5 as 5 - 3 = 2, or the equation 3 × 2 = 6 as 6 ÷ 3 = 2? This is really useful when one of those numbers on the left is unknown. 3 + _ = 8 can be rewritten as 8 - 3 = _, 4 × _ = 12 can be rewritten as 12 ÷ 4 = _. We get all our knowns on one side and our unknown by itself on the other, and the rest is computation.
We know that 
; as a logarithm, the <em>exponent</em> gets moved to its own side of the equation, and we write the equation like this: 
, which you read as "the logarithm base 3 of 9 is 2." You could also read it as "the power you need to raise 3 to to get 9 is 2."
One historical quirk: because we use the decimal system, it's assumed that an expression like 
uses <em>base 10</em>, and you'd interpret it as "What power do I raise 10 to to get 1000?"
The expression 
means "the power you need to raise 10 to to get 100 is x," or, rearranging: "10 to the x is equal to 100," which in symbols is .
(If we wanted to, we could also solve this: 
, so 
)
Answer: 
Step-by-step explanation:
You can do long division, which is very very hard to show with typing on a keyboard. You essentially want to divide the leading coefficient for each term. Ill try my best to explain it.
Do 
. Write 2x^2 down. Now multiply (x - 3) by it. Then subtract it from the trinomial.
Now do 
. Write that down next to your 2x^2. Multiply 3x by (x - 3) to get:
Your final step is to do 
. Write this -2 next to your other two parts
Multiply -2 by (x - 3) to get:
Our remainder is 0 so that means (x - 3) goes into that trinomial exactly:
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Any equation that has the same slope that’s not the exact same equation would be parallel to that line.
