How do you solve $log (2 x) = 1.5$ $log(2x)=1.5$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-07T16:31:50

$x = 5 \times 10^{14}$ $x=5xx10^14$

$log (2 x) = 15$ $log(2x)=15$ can be written using definition of logarithm as

$2 x = 10^{15}$ $2x=10^15$

or $x = \frac{10^{15}}{2} = \frac{10}{2} \times 10^{14}$ $x=10^15/2=10/2xx10^14$

or $x = 5 \times 10^{14}$ $x=5xx10^14$

How do you solve log(2x)=1.5log(2x)=1.5?