1962 AMC 12 Problem 28

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28.

The set of xx-values satisfying the equation xlog⁡10x=x3100 x^{\log_{10}x}=\frac{x^3}{100} consists of:
110,\dfrac1{10}, only
10,10, only
100,100, only
1010 or 100,100, only
more than two real numbers
Answer: D
Concepts:logarithmexponentsubstitutionquadratic
Small hint:
The logarithm requires x>0x\gt0; set y=log⁡10xy=\log_{10}x
Big hint:
Take base-1010 logarithms to obtain a quadratic in yy
Solution:
Set y=log⁡10x,y=\log_{10}x, so x=10y.x=10^y. Taking base-1010 logarithms gives y2=3y−2. y^2=3y-2. Hence (y−1)(y−2)=0,(y-1)(y-2)=0, so x=10x=10 or x=100.x=100.
Thus, the correct answer is D.
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