Sunday, April 24, 2022

Exponential equation

4x + 6x = 9x
(2·2)x + (2·3)x = (3·3)x
Since (2·3)x never equals to zero, we can divide both sides of this equation by it without losing any solutions.
The result is
(2/3)x + 1 = (3/2)x
Let y=(2/3)x
Then y + 1 = 1/y
Since y is always positive, we can multiply both sides by it getting an equivalent equation
y² + y − 1 = 0
Solutions to this quadratic equation are
y1,2 = (−1 ± √5)/2
Therefore, x1,2 = log2/3[(−1 ± √5)/2]

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