SOLUTION: log5(x+7)+log5(x-7)=2

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Question 685572: log5(x+7)+log5(x-7)=2
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The trick is to use , then







( There is a negative solution, too, but I can't use it
since that would give me log( 5, negative number ) ,
and there is no log to a positive base that can give
me a negative number.
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I think the error is due to rounding off

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