Thread: Solving for a variable raised to a strange power....

Solving for d:

d^1.17 = 13.14725275

If I take the log of both sides, it leaves 1.17 log d = 13.14725275. What good does it do me to isolate log d?.....I don't know what to do from here....could I just take the 1.17 root of both sides?.....My calc doesn't have that function...what should I do?

Thanks,

~CC

Originally Posted by calvin_coolidge

Solving for d:

d^1.17 = 13.14725275

If I take the log of both sides, it leaves 1.17 log d = 13.14725275...

...of course is 1.17 log d= log 13.14725275...

Kind regards

You can also raise both sides to the power 1/1.17