A car losses it's value at a rate of 27% per year, how long will it take for its value to halve?

I NEED HELP!! please show all work

PtichkaEL [24]

Take the logarithm of both sides. The base of the logarithm doesn't matter.

$4^{5x} = 3^{x-2}$

$\implies \log 4^{5x} = \log 3^{x-2}$

Drop the exponents:

$\implies 5x \log 4 = (x-2) \log 3$

Expand the right side:

$\implies 5x \log 4 = x \log 3 - 2 \log 3$

Move the terms containing x to the left side and factor out x :

$\implies 5x \log 4 - x \log 3 = - 2 \log 3$

$\implies x (5 \log 4 - \log 3) = - 2 \log 3$

Solve for x by dividing boths ides by 5 log(4) - log(3) :

$\implies \boxed{x = -\dfrac{ 2 \log 3 }{ 5 \log 4 - \log 3 }}$

You can stop there, or continue simplifying the solution by using properties of logarithms:

$\implies x = -\dfrac{ \log 3^2 }{ \log 4^5 - \log 3 }$

$\implies x = -\dfrac{ \log 9 }{ \log 1024 - \log 3 }$

$\implies \boxed{x = -\dfrac{ \log 9 }{ \log \frac{1024}3 }}$

You can condense the solution further using the change-of-base identity,

$\implies \boxed{x = -\log_{\frac{1024}3}9}$

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2 years ago

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liq [111]

Answer:

The answer is B

you should still invest in a calculator (:

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2 years ago

What is the least common multiple of 8 and 6?

Degger [83]

Answer:

24

Step-by-step explanation:

8 16 24 32 40...

6 12 18 24 30 36....

24 and 24.

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3 years ago

Can someone please answer this question?

MrMuchimi

Answer:

y = x - 3

Step-by-step explanation:

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2 years ago

Given: △ACM, m∠C=90°, CP ⊥ AM

larisa86 [58]

Answer: The answer is $3\dfrac{4}{7}.$

Step-by-step explanation: Given in the question that ΔAM is a right-angled triangle, where ∠C = 90°, CP ⊥ AM, AC : CM = 3 : 4 and MP - AP = 1. We are to find AM.

Let, AC = 3x and CM = 4x.

In the right-angled triangle ACM, we have

$AM^2=AC^2+CM^2=(3x)^2+(4x)^2=9x^2+16x^2=25x^2\\\\\Rightarrow AM=5x.$

Now,

$AM=AP+PM=AP+(AP+1)\\\\\Rightarrow 2AP=AM-1\\\\\Rightarrow 2AP=5x-1.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(A)$

Now, since CP ⊥ AM, so ΔACP and ΔMCP are both right-angled triangles.

So,

$CP^2=AC^2-AP^2=CM^2-MP^2\\\\\Rightarrow (3x)^2-AP^2=(4x)^2-(AP+1)^2\\\\\Rightarrow 9x^2-AP^2=16x^2-AP^2-2AP-1\\\\\Rightarrow 2AP=7x^2-1.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(B)$

Comparing equations (A) and (B), we have

$5x-1=7x^2-1\\\\\Rightarrow 5x=7x^2\\\\\Rightarrow x=\dfrac{5}{7},~\textup{since }x\neq 0.$

Thus,

$AM=5\times\dfrac{5}{7}=\dfrac{25}{7}=3\dfrac{4}{7}.$

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3 years ago