The United States government used to make coins of many different values. For each coin, state its worth as a percentage of $1. 1/2 cent coin

b is the final answer! : )

what are you trying find out?

step-by-step explanation:

take the logarithm of both sides (the base of the log doesn't matter):

apply the exponent property - this says that :

distribute the log terms on both sides:

group like terms together:

divide through both sides by the coefficient on :

you can do some additional rewriting here using the properties of the logarithm to simplify things if you like: