Skip to main content
Solve for x
Tick mark Image
Solve for x (complex solution)
Tick mark Image
Graph

Similar Problems from Web Search

Share

80=2^{x}\times 9\times 5
Calculate 3 to the power of 2 and get 9.
80=2^{x}\times 45
Multiply 9 and 5 to get 45.
2^{x}\times 45=80
Swap sides so that all variable terms are on the left hand side.
2^{x}=\frac{80}{45}
Divide both sides by 45.
2^{x}=\frac{16}{9}
Reduce the fraction \frac{80}{45} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.
\log(2^{x})=\log(\frac{16}{9})
Take the logarithm of both sides of the equation.
x\log(2)=\log(\frac{16}{9})
The logarithm of a number raised to a power is the power times the logarithm of the number.
x=\frac{\log(\frac{16}{9})}{\log(2)}
Divide both sides by \log(2).
x=\log_{2}\left(\frac{16}{9}\right)
By the change-of-base formula \frac{\log(a)}{\log(b)}=\log_{b}\left(a\right).