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« on: November 15, 2007, 02:06:01 pm »
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4^x=10-4^(x+1)

solve for x :shock:
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« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2007, 02:07:47 pm »
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hint: let a = 4^x

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« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2007, 02:10:09 pm »
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a=10-4^(x+1)??
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« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2007, 02:24:23 pm »
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ok i got the right answer but is there any bette way of doing it? here how i went:
4^x=10-4^(x+1)
xlog(4)=log(10-4^(x+1))
xlog(4)=1/(log(4)^(x+1))
xlog(4)=log(4)^(1-x)
xlog(4)=(1-x)log(4)
xlog(4)=log(4)-xlog(4)
2xlog(4)=log(4)
x=1/2
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« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2007, 02:26:57 pm »
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4^x = 10 - 4^x  * 4

let a = 4^x

a= 10 - 4a

5a = 10

a = 2



=> 2 = 4^x

2 = 2^(2x)

1 = 2x

x = 1/2

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« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2007, 02:33:14 pm »
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Quote from: "Toothpick"
4^x = 10 - 4^x  * 4

let a = 4^x

a= 10 - 4a

5a = 10

a = 2



=> 2 = 4^x

2 = 2^(2x)

1 = 2x

x = 1/2

ok thats much easier, but i neva knew 4^(x+1)=4(4^x) maybe cause this is unit 1+2 methods??
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« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2007, 02:36:52 pm »
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ok thats much easier, but i neva knew 4^(x+1)=4(4^x) maybe cause this is unit 1+2 methods??


Um, you're supposed to know it in 1&2.

Log laws/ exp. laws.

a^(p+q) = a^p  *  a^q


for the question you asked:
4^(x+1) = 4^1  *  4^x

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« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2007, 03:18:07 pm »
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Exactly. Lol, you should've learnt your log rules way back in 1/2 :p

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« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2007, 06:26:18 pm »
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Those indicial rules should have been learnt in year 7 and 8, haha. Just need to revive a bit of that memory.