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Question 417496: Is there a way to find the value of the exponent in the 2^x = 66
mathematically?

Answer by stanbon(64236) (Show Source):

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Is there a way to find the value of the exponent in the 2^x = 66
mathematically?
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You get a variable value out of the exponent by taking the log.
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log(2^x) = log(66)
x*log(2) = log(66)
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x = log(66)/log(2)
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x = 6.0444