text: please help me with this problem....get 10 points if show steps? http://online.math.uh.edu/webct/spring06/1310/pt5/images/pt5_f05_problem16__31.gif  i dont know how to solve it :( log(x + 8) = log(x) + log(8) according to the laws of logs, log(a) + log(b) = log(ab) so, log(x) + log(8) = log (8x) log(x + 8) = log(8x) the 'logs' cancel each other out. x + 8 = 8x x - 8x + 8 = 0 -7x + 8 = 0 -7x = -8 the minus signs cancel each other out 7x = 8 x = 8/7