Answer
$x=0.5$
Work Step by Step
Since the left side of the equation has a log, let us turn it into an exponential equation.
Rewriting gives us,
$2^-1 = x$
(The general form of this is $\log_{a}b=x$ becomes $a^x=b$)
Thus $x=.5$
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