How do you solve $e^{5 x} = 8$ $e^(5x) = 8$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-15T09:09:55

$x = 0.416$ $x=0.416$

Take the natural logarithm of each side
$ln (e^{5 x}) = ln 8$ $ln(e^(5x))=ln8$
$5 x = ln 8 = 2.079$ $5x=ln8=2.079$
$x = 0.416$ $x=0.416$

How do you solve e5x=8e^(5x) = 8?