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Solve. Round your answer to the nearest thousandth.\newline9x=79^x = 7\newlinex=x = ____

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Q. Solve. Round your answer to the nearest thousandth.\newline9x=79^x = 7\newlinex=x = ____
  1. Take Logarithm: We need to solve the equation 9x=79^x = 7 for xx. To do this, we will take the logarithm of both sides of the equation.\newlinelog(9x)=log(7)\log(9^x) = \log(7)
  2. Simplify Left Side: Using the power property of logarithms, which states that logb(Mn)=nlogb(M)\log_b(M^n) = n\log_b(M), we can simplify the left side of the equation.\newlinexlog(9)=log(7)x\log(9) = \log(7)
  3. Isolate xx: Now we will isolate xx by dividing both sides of the equation by log(9)\log(9).\newlinex=log(7)log(9)x = \frac{\log(7)}{\log(9)}
  4. Calculate x: We will now calculate the value of xx using a calculator.xlog(7)log(9)x \approx \frac{\log(7)}{\log(9)}x0.84509804001425680.9542425094393249x \approx \frac{0.8450980400142568}{0.9542425094393249}x0.885x \approx 0.885

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