Answer:
40% and 4/10
Step-by-step explanation:
If you convert them into decimals, they will both give the same decimals which gives 0.4
That's <u>always</u> true if <em>either</em> the exponent <em>or </em>the base is less than ' 1 '.
(But not always of they both are.)
Cost of Lightbulb = x
cost of switch is x-8
9x + 4(x-8) = 520.50
Use distributive property:
9x + 4x -32 = 520.50
Simplify:
13x -32 = 520.50
Add 32 to both sides:
13x = 552.50
Divide both sides by 13
X = 42.50
A lightbulb costs $42.50
A switch costs 42.50-8 = $34.50
Knowing that logarithm functions and exponential functions are inverse to each other, the procees to convert a logarithmic equation to its equivalent is to perform all the operations to set an equation of the typ:

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then invert to show it equivalent form:

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With that you have solved the equation for x.
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