SOLUTION: solve 25^y+3(5^y)=4

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Question 1062567: solve 25^y+3(5^y)=4
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solve 25^y+3(5^y)=4
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Introduce new variable x = .

Then your equation becomes 

 = 0.     ( <--- since 25 =  )

Factor this quadratic equation:

(x+4)*(x-1) = 0.

Its roots are x= -4 and x= 1.


Hence, we have two equations for y:


1.   = -4.   It HAS NO solutions.


2.   = 1.   It has the solution  y = 0.


Answer. The only solution to the original equation is y = 0.

It is the standard method of solving exponential equations.
See the lesson
    - Solving exponential equations
in this site.


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