Compute m

Algebra Level 1

8 m = 32 , m = ? \Large 8^{m}=32, \quad m = ?

3 5 \frac35 5 3 \frac53 2 5 \frac25 4 5 \frac45

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32 solutions

Pushpesh Kumar
Oct 8, 2014

8 m = 32 8^{m}=32 2 3 m = 2 5 2^{3m}=2^{5} 3 m = 5 3m=5 m = 5 m=\boxed{5}

m = 5/3 *

There,

Joeie Christian Santana - 6 years, 8 months ago

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sorry sorry i forgot to divide 5 by 3

PUSHPESH KUMAR - 6 years, 8 months ago

8^m=32 .....8^m=8^5/3............m=5/3

Divy Sancheti - 6 years, 8 months ago

Can be done orally. By the way, there is an "Edit" option to edit the solution, if you didn't know.

Prasun Biswas - 6 years, 6 months ago

m must be, 5/3 :D

BJ JAM - 6 years, 8 months ago

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sorry sorry i forgot to divide 5 by 3

PUSHPESH KUMAR - 6 years, 8 months ago

I under stand your prove .. you only forget to make m=5/3

Ayatallaha Sami - 6 years, 8 months ago

8^m=32 .....8^m=8^5/3............m=5/3

Ruhul Amin - 6 years, 8 months ago

It is 5/3, not 5

Umar Ali - 6 years, 7 months ago

Uh it most certainly is not m=5... the correct answer is m=5/3 :)

Edmond Santoso - 4 years, 11 months ago

i'm not understand

Lusi Febriani - 6 years, 8 months ago

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8^m = 32

2^3m = 2^5

Since. Bases are equal exponents should be equal

3m =5

M = 5/3

Deepshikha Tewari - 6 years, 5 months ago

sheeez! i forgot!

Pauline Contado - 6 years, 6 months ago

Wrong proof :P

Smart Prince - 6 years, 8 months ago
Karthik Eswaran
Oct 31, 2014

Hmmm.... Am I the only one who figured that since 32>8, m>1. 5/3 was the only number which satisfied that condition...

great, even i did not notice while posting the question

PUSHPESH KUMAR - 6 years, 6 months ago

Your not the only one..

Joel Kang - 4 years, 11 months ago
Smart Prince
Oct 10, 2014

M=Log 32/Log8 = 1.66666666667=5/3

Rather than calculating the actual log values to get 1. 6 7 1.\overline{6}7 and then writing it as 5 3 \frac{5}{3} , you can do it in a more elegant way using the formula ln ( m n ) = n ln ( m ) \ln(m^n)=n\ln(m) as follows:

8 m = 32 8^m=32 ln ( 8 m ) = ln ( 32 ) ln ( 2 3 m ) = ln ( 2 5 ) 3 m ln ( 2 ) = 5 ln ( 2 ) 3 m = 5 m = 5 3 \implies \ln (8^m) = \ln (32) \\ \implies \ln(2^{3m})=\ln(2^5) \\ \implies 3m\centerdot \ln(2) = 5\centerdot \ln(2) \implies 3m=5 \implies m=\boxed{\frac{5}{3}}

Prasun Biswas - 6 years, 6 months ago

It could be done with another base too, right?

Martín Herrán - 8 months, 4 weeks ago
Saurabh Mallik
Nov 20, 2014

We can write 8 m = 32 8^{m}=32 as:

2 3 m = 2 5 2^{3m}=2^{5}

(Same base means the exponents are equal)

3 m = 5 3m=5

m = 5 3 m=\frac{5}{3}

Thus, the answer is: m = 5 3 \boxed{m=\frac{5}{3}}

Sean Robinson
Oct 13, 2014

8 x > 8 8^x>8 iff x > 1 x>1 , which only leaves 5 / 3 5/3 .

Elijah Puga
Oct 11, 2014

Solve using logarithm:

8^m = 32

Log 8^m = Log 32

(m)(Log8) = Log 32

m = Log 32 / Log 8

m = 1.66666666667 or 5/3

John Mark Cruz
Oct 10, 2014

8^m=32 2^3m=2^5 cancel base (2) 3m=5 then divide both side by 3 to reamain m. m=5/3

Omg, it's soooo challenging

Jacco Rubens
Nov 18, 2015

8^m = 32

=> mlog2(8) = log2 (32)

[Log2(8) = 3, and log 2(32) = 5. Subbing these values in:]

=> 3m = 5 ( Divide by 3)

m = 5/3

Snehan Jayakumar
Nov 5, 2015

Taking log we get, log 32 to the base 8 is m M = 5÷3

You don't even need to understand logs or exponent rules for this.

If m=1, 8^m=8. If m=2, 8^m=64. Therefore, it must be true that: 1<m<2. 5/3 is the only value that satisfies this requirement.

(8 to the power m)=32. It can also be written as : (2 to the power 3m)=(2 to the power 5); 3m=5; m=5\3

8 = 2^3 32 = 2^5

8^m = (2^3)^m 8^m = 32

(2^3)^m = 2^5 3m = 5 m = 5/3

Given, 8^m =32 2^3m =2^5 3m =5 m =5/3

Angelo Yatszumii
Oct 17, 2014

8 m = 32 8^{m} = 32

l o g 2 8 m = l o g 2 32 log_2 8^{m} = log_2 32

m × l o g 2 8 = l o g 2 32 m \times log_2 8 = log_2 32

m = l o g 2 32 / l o g 2 8 m = log_2 32 / log_2 8

m = 5 / 3 m = 5/3

Aditya Gupta
Oct 17, 2014

8^m=32

2^3m=32

2^3m=2^5

3m=5

m=5/3

Paul Jan Armas
Oct 16, 2014

mln8 = ln 32

m = ln 32 / ln 8

m = 1.66666666667 or 5/3

Efraim Gunawan
Oct 16, 2014

8^m = 32

(2^3)^m = 2^5

2^3m = 2^5

3m = 5

m=5/3

2^3m=2^5. so, 3m=5. hence m=5/3

Yogesh Ghadge
Oct 15, 2014

log 32/log 8 = m

8^m=32

=>(2^3)^m=2^5

=>2^3m=2^5

=>3m=5

=>m=5/3

8^m=(2^3)^5/3

ur ans is crt

Pranav Ette - 6 years, 8 months ago
Butin Banerjee
Oct 13, 2014

5/3 is the correct answer

Saad Ul Khadri
Oct 13, 2014

Make Bases same for both the numbers ( of Base 2) and there u r Simple maths :-) m= 5/3

Bishwa Patir
Oct 11, 2014

2^3m=2^5 =>3m=5 =>m=5/3

Anirudha Devadkar
Oct 11, 2014

8=2^3 and 32=2^5

so 32=2^(5/3*3)......too get 8

32=(2^3)^5/3

32=(8)^5/3

so ans is 5/3

Soumyadeep Kundu
Oct 11, 2014

taking log on both sides, m log 8 = log 32 => 3m log 2 = 5 log 2 => 3m = 5 => m = 5/3

Thandio Dewandoko
Oct 11, 2014

given, 8^{m} = 32 we know that 8 = 2^{3} and 32 = 2^{5} so, 2^{3}^{m} = 2^5 then, 3m = 5 m = 5/3

Nimra Jawaid
Oct 10, 2014

8^m=32 8^m=2^5 2^3m=2^5 3m=5 m=5/3

Rafael Medhat
Oct 10, 2014

Taking Ln for both sides; Ln(8^m) = Ln(32) m.Ln(8) = Ln(32) m = Ln(32) / Ln(8) = 5/3

Eftal Gezer
Oct 8, 2014

Log base 8 of 32 is 1.66666666667, equals to 5/3.

Peter De
Apr 21, 2017

8^m=(2^3)^m and 32=2^5 therefore: 2^5 = (2^3)^m= 2^3m (exponential power rule) 5=3m m=5/3. q.e.d

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