Logarithms: Solving equations 4

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Logarithms: Solving equations 4	draft	Bill Foster	06/08/2020 08:42
Logarithms: Solving equations 4	Ready to use	Wan Mekwi	13/10/2020 13:21

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Find all values of $x$ that satisfy the following equations:

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			Name	Type	Generated Value

tc2	integer	2
s3	integer	1
ans1	number	0.212
s1	integer	-1
m	integer	13
d2	integer	2
n	integer	11
a1	integer	-3
tm	integer	13
b1	integer	2
b2	integer	9
c2	integer	3
c1	integer	6
tans1	number	0.2123592717
ans2	number	0.352
a2	integer	2
tans2	number	0.352213889

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$\var{n}^{\simplify{{a1}*x+{b1}}}=\var{m}^{\var{c1}x}$

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Both parts of this question can be solved in a similar way, by taking logarithms of both sides of each equation.

Taking logs (to the base 10 in this case – but any base will do) of both sides of

$\var{n}^{\simplify{{a1}*x+{b1}}}=\var{m}^{\var{c1}x}$

gives on using the rule $\log(a^b)=b\log(a)$ :

$\begin{eqnarray*} \simplify[std]{({a1}x+{b1})log({n})}&=&\simplify[std]{{c1}*x*log({m})}\\ \Rightarrow\simplify[std]{x({a1}*log({n})-{c1}*log({m}))} &=&\var{-b1}\log(\var{n})\\ \Rightarrow x&=&\simplify[std]{({-b1}*log({n}))/({a1}log({n})-{c1}*log({m}))}\\ &=& \var{ans1}\mbox{ to 3 decimal places} \end{eqnarray*}$

Similarly, taking logs of both sides of:

$\var{a2}^{\var{b2}x^2}=\var{c2}^{\var{d2}x}$

gives:

$\simplify[std]{({b2}x^2)log({a2})}=\simplify[std]{{d2}*x*log({c2})} \Rightarrow \simplify[std]{x({b2}*log({a2})x-{d2}*log({c2}))} =0$

and so the solutions are:

1. $x=0$

2. $\displaystyle x=\simplify[std,!fractionNumbers]{({d2}*log({c2}))/({b2}*log({a2})) = {ans2}}$ to 3 decimal places.

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