How do you solve for x in $3^{x} = 15$ $3^x = 15$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-17T07:21:08

$x = 2.4651$ $x=2.4651$

As $3^{x} = 15$ $3^x=15$ , we have

$x log 3 = log 15$ $xlog3=log15$ or

$x = \frac{log 15}{log 3} = \frac{1.1761}{0.4771} = 2.4651$ $x=log15/log3=1.1761/0.4771=2.4651$

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