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:
4/9 cubic units
Step-by-step explanation:
The volume of a rectangular prism is the product of its edge lengths:
V = LWH
V = (1/2)(2/3)(4/3) = (1·2·4)/(2·3·3) = 4/9 . . . . cubic units
The ratio of boys to girls in simplest form is
14:16
14/16
Divide through by 2
7/8
So the ratio of boys to girls in simplest form is 7/8
Answer:
m=1
Step-by-step explanation:
12m+5=17
-5 -5
12m=12
m=1
Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
hello,
let's note a the number of novelists and
b the number of poets.
we know that a = 5/3 b as "enrolls novelits and poets in a ratio of 5:3"
it comes 3a=5b which is the first equation
and we know that a + b = 24 "there are 24 people"
we we have two equations
(1) 3a - 5b = 0
(2) a + b = 24
let's multiply (2) by 3 it comes 3a + 3b = 24*3 = 72
let's do 3*(2) - (1) it comes
3a + 3b -3a + 5b = 72 - 0 = 72
so 8b = 72
so b = 9
and then we replace b in (2) it comes
a = 24-9 = 15
hope this helps