Solve 5-3^x=-40 round to the nearest ten-thousandth

5-3^x = -40

 subtract 5 from each side to get

-3^x=-45

 divide both sides by -1 to make them positive

3^x = 45

need to do the natural logarithm on both sides to remove the variable from the exponent

 so ln(3^x) = ln(45)

 use logarithm rule to move x out

x ln (3) = ln(45)

 dive each term by ln(3) then simplify to get

ln(3)/ln(45)

 so x = ln(3)/ln(45) which calculates out to 3.46497352

round off to ten thousandths is 3.4650

its a straight line parallel to the time axis

linear pair postulates