I’ll try, hopefully I get it right
When you go to the store, pick up some stuff from the shelves,
and take it to the check-out, the checkout lady adds up all
the prices of the things you bought, and then she ADDS the
sales tax to the sum. The amount of money you pay is always
MORE after she adds the tax than it was before she added it.
Answer:
x = 0.2(10^y/a).
Step-by-step explanation:
y = alog(5x)
y = log(5x)^a) By the definition of a log:
(5x)^a = 10^y
5x = (10^y) ^ 1/a
x = 0.2(10^y/a)
ANSWER

EXPLANATION
The given function is:

Factor -3 for the first 2 terms.

We add and subtract the square of the coefficient of x.

Factor the perfect square trinomial.

The vertex form is:
