Section 5.2 Homework Hints
The a and b parts of these problems should be compared as you do these problems. Part a is an equation from beginning algebra. As you do this part think about what you are doing to solve for x. Then, when you are doing part b, notice that this part uses the same steps that you used in part a.
For example, in Problem 36, the first step is to add
2 to both sides; note in part b,
log 100 is the number 2. The second
step is is to multiply both sides by 2 to find the value of x in part a
and the value of log x in part b. Once you have a value for log x,
use the definition of logarithm to solve for x.
Note: Homework Hints are given only for the levels 1 and 2 problems.