1958 AHSME Problems/Problem 12
Problem
If $P \equal{} \frac{s}{(1 \plus{} k)^n}$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg) then 
equals:
$\textbf{(A)}\ \frac{\log{\left(\frac{s}{P}\right)}}{\log{(1 \plus{} k)}}\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \log{\left(\frac{s}{P(1 \plus{} k)}\right)}\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \log{\left(\frac{s \minus{} P}{1 \plus{} k}\right)}\qquad \\ \textbf{(D)}\ \log{\left(\frac{s}{P}\right)} \plus{} \log{(1 \plus{} k)}\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac{\log{(s)}}{\log{(P(1 \plus{} k))}}$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)
Solution
![\[P=\frac{s}{(1+k)^n}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/a/a/9/aa949293e2c9d673b8207d0ffafed7a26c165edd.png)
![\[(1+k)^n=\frac{s}{P}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/8/6/5/865792d594fcb28f9fa40a0f0a6f81a1a2ecab78.png)
Take the 
of each side.
![\[n \log(1+k) = \log\left(\frac{s}{P}\right)\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/9/d/8/9d82f2f5be7a5b25b973e0064949358bdfc653b3.png)
![\[n = \frac{\log\left(\frac{s}{P}\right)}{\log(1+k)} \to \boxed{\text{(A)}}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/e/3/9/e39a69e3b1cc48a024e6349ad46f82ba8d1479ab.png)
See also
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