SOLUTION: Solve for x. sqrt{x}^(x) = x^(sqrt{x}) Crazy question, right?

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Question 1196903: Solve for x.
sqrt{x}^(x) = x^(sqrt{x})
Crazy question, right?

Found 2 solutions by math_helper, ikleyn:
Answer by math_helper(2461)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A plot of shows 1 and 4 as the only likely solutions on the real numbers.

Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Your starting equation is 

     = .       (1)


One solution is x= 1 (obvious).


Indeed,  left side is  =  = 1.

         Right side is equal to 1 due to the same reason.


Now I will assume that x =/= 1 and will look for other solutions.



Take logarithm base 10 of both sides of equation (1).  You will get

     = .


Divide both sides by log(x)  (we can do it safely, since we consider  x =/= 1.)
You will get

     = ,


or, equivalently,

     = .


It implies

     = x

and after squaring both sides,

    4x = .


It implies

     = 0

    x*(4-x) = 0,

    x = 0  or   x= 4.


You can check that the root x= 0 works in the original equation, since then each side is equal to 1.

So, the remaining solutions to the problem are  x= 0  and  x= 4.


ANSWER.  The given equation has three solutions  x= 0,  x= 1,  and x= 4.

Solved.

                  To see that x= 0 is the solution, too, look at this plot below.



    


                        Plots y =   (red)  and  y =   (green)



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