SOLUTION: Solve with exact solutions log2(x)-log2(3x-1)=0 I only got this far logbase2(x/3x-1)

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Question 139563This question is from textbook College Algebra
: Solve with exact solutions
log2(x)-log2(3x-1)=0
I only got this far
logbase2(x/3x-1)
This question is from textbook College Algebra

Answer by oscargut(686) About Me  (Show Source):
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log2(x)-log2(3x-1)=0
then
log2(x/3x-1)=0
then
x/(3x-1)=1 (because 2^0=1)
then
x=3x-1
-2x=-1
x=1/2