Inequality!

Algebra Level 2

Given that log 343 = 2.5353 \log 343=2.5353 , find the smallest integer n n such that

7 n > 1 0 5 \large 7^n > 10^5


The answer is 6.

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1 solution

Md Zuhair
Dec 19, 2016

First of all taking log on both sides with base 10, we get,

n l o g 10 7 > 5 l o g 10 10 n log_{10}7 > 5 log_{10}10

Hence n > 5 / l o g 10 7 n > 5/ log_{10}7

hence n > 5.91... n>5.91... or for least integer n = 6 n=6

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