Question

Sandeep has 5^x-1 toffees with him.He gave 24 toffees out of them to Sanjay.He found that 101 toffees are left with him.<br />
Find the value of x in above statement?

Answer 1

According to the question :


5^(x - 1) - 24 = 101

5^(x - 1) = 101 + 24

5^(x - 1) = 125

5^(x - 1) = 5^3

x - 1 = 3

x = 3 + 1

x = 4


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