Emilia bought 9 over 12 pound of sliced salami at the deli counter.
which of the following decimals did the scale show?
a.0.25 pound
b.0.34 pound
c.0.7 pound
d.0.75 pound
and show your work

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: