Adam currently runs about 20 miles per week, and he wants to increase his weekly mileage by 20%. How many miles will Adam run per week?

here is a big fat

x = 12

y = 1

for the points!

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: