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 Sudowoodo June 8th, 2016 11:18 AM

Help with a few log equations

A few problems that I'm a little stumped on.

A) e^x + 6e^-x - 7 =0

What I tried to do here is move the 6e^-x to the right and convert to natural log. So.
ln(e^x-7)=ln (-6e^-x) or ln -6 + -x on the right. Since ln e to an exponent is the exponent.

After that I'm stumped. I assume I can make the left side x ln (e-7) = ln -6 + -x but I'm lost after that.

B) log base 3 (x-2) + log base 3 (2x-3) = 5 log base 3 (x)

I subtracted the right and made it into log base 3 (x-2)(2x-3)/x^5 but that's it.

 v8archie June 8th, 2016 11:39 AM

A) Multiply the original equation through by $\mathrm e^{x}$ and note that $\mathrm e^{2x}=(\mathrm e^x)^2$
B) From where you are use $3^{\log_3 y} = y$

 Country Boy June 10th, 2016 07:00 AM

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 Originally Posted by Sudowoodo (Post 538683) A few problems that I'm a little stumped on. A) e^x + 6e^-x - 7 =0
Multiply through by e^x to get e^(2x)+ 6- 7e^x= (e^x)^2- 7e^x+ 6= 0. Now let y=e^x. Can you solve y^2- 7y+ 6= 0?

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 What I tried to do here is move the 6e^-x to the right and convert to natural log. So. ln(e^x-7)=ln (-6e^-x) or ln -6 + -x on the right. Since ln e to an exponent is the exponent. After that I'm stumped. I assume I can make the left side x ln (e-7) = ln -6 + -x but I'm lost after that. B) log base 3 (x-2) + log base 3 (2x-3) = 5 log base 3 (x) I subtracted the right and made it into log base 3 (x-2)(2x-3)/x^5 but that's it.
I hope you mean you changed it to log_3((x-2)(2x-3)/x^5)= 0. So what number has log, base 3, equal to 0? (What is 3^0?)

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