Consider the equation log(3x - 1) = log2^8. Explain
why 3x - 1 is not equal to 8. Describe the steps
you would take to solve the equation, and state
what 3x - 1 is equal to.

Each person in an it department of 25 people works on at least one of 3 major projects: system security, program implementation, platform development. 10 people work on system security, 13 work on program implementation, and 12 work on platform development. 4 people work on system security and platform development, 5 people work on program implementation and platform development, and 2 people work on all three projects. how many people work on system security and program implementation?

Tim has obtained a 3/27 balloon mortgage. after the initial period, he decided to refinance the balloon payment with a new 30-year mortgage. how many years will he be paying for his mortgage in total?

After reading 80% of her e-mails in her inbox, danette still has m unread e-mails. which of the following expressions could represent the number of e-mails danette had in her inbox before she started reading? choose 2 answers: (choice a) 5m (choice b) 1.8m (choice c) 80m (choice d) m/0.8 (choice e) m/1−0.8