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Solve the equation 12 = 580 to the nearest hundredth.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
I assume you mean 12 = 580^x. Solve for x:

x = log(12) / log(580) = ln(12) / ln(580) ≈ 2.48490665 / 6.36302810 ≈ 0.39052.

To the nearest hundredth, x ≈ 0.39.

(Checking: 580^0.39 ≈ 11.95, close to 12; using 0.39052 gives 12.)