How do you solve 7^(2x)=272x=2?

1 Answer
Oct 18, 2015

x=log_7(2)/2x=log7(2)2.

Explanation:

We need to isolate the variable. Since the logarithm is the inverse function of the power, which means that log_a a^x = xlogaax=x, if we take the logarithm base 77 of both members we get

log_7 (7^{2x}) = log_7(2)log7(72x)=log7(2).

For what we have just observed, it becomes

2x=log_7(2) \implies x=log_7(2)/22x=log7(2)x=log7(2)2.