Which of the following could be the first step in solving the equation below ? 5 ^ x = 21

Kevin has just finished paying off his loan. he was assessed a service charge of $422. he paid off the principal and the interest by making weekly payments of $36.13 for four years. if the principal was $7,150, how much did kevin pay in finance charges, to the nearest dollar? a. $498 b. $365 c. $422 d. $787

Which is the product of 58 and 1,000? a. 0.058 b. 5,800 c. 58,000 d. 580,000

Kelly is a salesperson at a shoe store, where she must sell a pre-set number of pairs of shoes each month. at the end of each work day the number of pairs of shoes that she has left to sell that month is given by the equation s=300-15x , where s is the number of pair of shoes kelly still needs to sell and x is the number of days she has worked that month. what is the meaning of the number 300 in this equation