Elena collects 112 specimens of beetle and records their lengths for an ecology research project. When she returns to the laboratory, Elena finds that she incorrectly recorded one of lengths of the beetles as 122 centimeters (about 4 feet). What should she do with the outlier, 122 centimeters, when she analyzes her data?
(The answer is supposed to be an equation)

x is greater than 5

step-by-step explanation:

2x+7 is greater than 17

    -7                           -7

2x is greater than 10

divide by 2 each side

x is greater than 5

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: