hey ehu405....lost mind i would say....joking!

Actually you have a valid question, but the fact is that they have given us the 2 sides of the equation. So its only a question of cross multiplying.

Here's a question i encountered in MCAT #2: If x, y, and z are integers greater than 1, and (327)(510)(z) = (58)(914)(xy), then what is the value of x? (1) y is prime (2) x is prime Explaination is: The best way to answer this question is to use the rules of exponents to simplify the question stem, ...