You have to take the log of both sides and the use log rules to simplify it.
i had written out a long answer but I lost it - my computer playsed up.
This interactive web page may help you understand logs better
http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/logarithms.html
also rules on manipulating logs are listed here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_logarithmic_identities