
Andrew C. answered 03/25/21
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Great question, Ben! For this one, we can recall that the natural logarithm (Ln) of a exponential function simply returns the value of the exponent itself. So, you can complete the following steps:
- Take the natural logarithm of both sides
- Ln(ex-5)=Ln(10)
- The Ln and e cancel each other out, and you have: x-5 = Ln(10)
- Solve for X
- X = Ln(10) + 5, or X is approximately 7.303