How do you solve #25^x=1/125# ?
2 Answers
Explanation:
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and now that the bases are the same you can remove them:
Mar 7, 2018
Here we might need a common base, or you can use log and a calculator
Explanation:
Method 1- Common base
I noticed that both 25 and 125 are 5 to some power.
So therefore I can safely state that:
Now that we have a common base of 5, I can just set the exponents equal to one another.
Method 2- Use log