Edith wants to make a paperweight at pottery class. She wants the paperweight to have a pyramid-like shape with a base area of 120 square centimeters, and she wants it to weigh 400 grams. The density of the clay she is using is 1.61 grams per cubic centimeter. What should be the height of the paperweight?

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:

let x and 400 - x be the two numbers.  

==> 0.80x + 0.85(400 - x) = 400 - 68 from the statement of the problem.  

< ==> 0.80x + 0.85(400 - x) = 400 - 68  

==> 340 - 0.05x = 332  

< ==> -0.05x = -8 ==> x = 160, the first number ==> 400 - x = 240, the second number.

what the heck is this   i am in the 2 grade my g and i is verrr smert

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