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# How do you solve lnx=2?

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Jun 22, 2018

color(green)(x = e^2 = 7.389

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$\ln x = 2$

color(green)(x = e^2 = 7.389

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May 28, 2018

$x = {e}^{2}$

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Base-$e$ cancels out with the natural log ($\ln$) function, so we can apply it to both sides. We get

${e}^{\ln x} = {e}^{2}$

${\cancel{e}}^{\cancel{\ln} x} = {e}^{2}$

Notice base-$e$ and $\ln$ cancel, and we're left with

$x = {e}^{2}$

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