2010 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 11
Problem
The solution of the equation can be expressed in the form . What is ?
Solution 1
This problem is quickly solved with knowledge of the laws of exponents and logarithms.
Since we are looking for the base of the logarithm, our answer is .
Solution 2
First, take the of both sides, which gives us . We move the terms to 1 side. . Isolate and manipulate the answer. $x=\frac{7}{log_{7}\frac{8}{7}=7log_{\frac{8}{7}}7=log_{\frac{8}{7}}7^7. Therefore, the answer is$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)\frac{8}{7}=\fbox{C}$
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