Kim’s hair grows a half inch per month. how many months will it take for her hair to grow 12 inches?

24 months

Step-by-step explanation:

Cross-multiply

0.5 inches 1 month

12 inches x months

0.5/12 = 1/x ===> 0.5x = 12 ===> x = 12/0.5  ===> x = 24 months

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gimmee one of those gold crowns!

~coco

take the logarithm of both sides (the base of the log doesn't matter):

apply the exponent property - this says that :

distribute the log terms on both sides:

group like terms together:

divide through both sides by the coefficient on :

you can do some additional rewriting here using the properties of the logarithm to simplify things if you like: