solve ln(4x^5)-2ln(x^2)=5

Question

This is from a chapter on natural logarithms. The directions just say solve.

Answer 1

ln(4x^5) -2ln(x^2)=5

2*log(x)=log(x^2)

log(x) -log(y)=log(x/y)

so yu hav ln(4x^5/x^4)=5

ln(4x)=5

4x=e^5=148.4131591

x=148.../4=37.10328978