Carcass wrote:
If (5√2)m=25, what is the value of m?
A. −2
B. −√2
C. √2
D. 2
E. 2√2
Given:
(5√2)m=25Apply the power of a power law to get:
(5m√2)=25Rewrite
25 as
52 to get:
(5m√2)=52So, it must be the case that:
m√2=2Divide both sides of the equation by:
√2 to get:
m=2√2This option does not appear among the answer choices, so we can create an equivalent fraction by multiplying numerator and denominator by
√2.
When we do so we get:
m=2√22Simplify to get:
m=√2Answer: C