2005 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 17
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Problem
Suppose that 
, 
, 
, and 
. What is 
?
Solution
![\[8=7^d\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/1/a/b/1ab4a8eb9c7ca7ce2a9f764045b51ac12198001b.png)
![\[8=\left(6^c\right)^d\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/c/4/1/c419cf7d9189d3f7bbede2cbdbc262d85a0f044e.png)
![\[8=\left(\left(5^b\right)^c\right)^d\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/e/3/0/e3014c91f205dd2bfd050ccee2091a60101d1399.png)
![\[8=\left(\left(\left(4^a\right)^b\right)^c\right)^d\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/b/4/6/b46aa3a8c5b151da053c0828a8f9128197a02033.png)
![\[8=4^{a\cdot b\cdot c\cdot d}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/e/0/9/e0960d1f3ecdf4f72705bccdc37da0c9e8d7407f.png)
![\[2^3=2^{2\cdot a\cdot b\cdot c\cdot d}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/a/a/7/aa73d23a235ef6049458c51d803cfb14f0350063.png)
![\[3=2\cdot a\cdot b\cdot c\cdot d\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/f/d/3/fd313dfe53340397f629a50fb3ccf551a5f3255b.png)
![\[a\cdot b\cdot c\cdot d=\boxed{\mathrm{(B)}\ \dfrac{3}{2}}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/1/5/7/15740e90d586c4c47d58d60a76c5b79ee990f5fa.png)
Solution using logarithms
We can write 
as 
, 
as 
, 
as 
, and 
as 
.
We know that 
can be rewritten as 
, so 
![\[\frac{\log5}{\log4}\cdot\frac{\log6}{\log5}\cdot\frac{\log7}{\log6}\cdot\frac{\log8}{\log7}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/b/1/8/b18704949a868fd9230c866fcbf568cf075b2068.png)
![\[\frac{\log8}{\log4}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/9/2/8/92829bf408d01bafda18fdfa199508f9ee4e4063.png)
![\[\frac{3\log2}{2\log2}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/d/4/7/d47fa57a7c2a0056536f8e4a52e93344a6611ab1.png)
![\[\boxed{\frac{3}{2}}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/3/1/4/3144473766897bd294135c6df5bdfecc71a85953.png)
See Also
| 2005 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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