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1: Solve
2 the following:

a) 3x = 27 b) 4x = 64 c) 5x = 25 d) 2x = 4
x = _____ x = _____ x = _____ x = _____

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2: Solve
2 the following:

a) 3x = 1 b) 4x = 1
x = _____ x = _____

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3: Solve
2 the following:
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a) 5x = 125 b) 2x = 14 c) 3x = 13 1
d) 5x = 125
x = _____ x = _____ x = _____ x = _____

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4: Solve
2 the following:

a) 16x = 4 b) 8x = 2 c) 27x = 3 d) 16x = 4

x = _____ x = _____ x = _____ x = _____

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5: Solve
2 the following:

a) 125x = 15 b) 8x = 12 c) 25x = 15 d) 9x = 13
x = _____ x = _____ x = _____ x = _____

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6: Solve
2 the following:

a) 64x = 14 b) 2x = 1 c) 5x = 125 d) 4x = 161

x = _____ x = _____ x = _____ x = _____

e) 9x = 3 f) 2x = 12 g) 4x = 1 h) 9x = 13
x = _____ x = _____ x = _____ x = _____

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1: a) x = 3
2 b) x = 3 c) x = 2 d) x = 2

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2: a) x = 0
2 b) x = 0

3: a) x = −3
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2 b) x = −2 c) x = −1 d) x = −3

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4: a) x = 12
2 b) x = 13 c) x = 13 d) x = 12

5: a) x = − 13
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2 b) x = − 13 c) x = − 12 d) x = − 12

6: a) x = − 13
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2 b) x = 0 c) x = 3 d) x = −2

e) x = 12 f) x = −1 g) x = 0 h) x = − 12

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