SOLUTION: lnx-3/lnx=-2

Question 1119321: lnx-3/lnx=-2
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, greenestamps:
Answer by ikleyn(52814)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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As it is written and presented, it is UNREADABLE.

Is it   ln(x) - (3/ln(x)) = -2     or

        (ln(x)-3)/ln(x) = - 2     or

        ln(x-3)/ln(x) = - 2     ? ? ?

To make it readable, use parentheses properly and systematically.

Primitive "copy and paste" DOES NOT WORK, when you post formulas to this forum !

Answer by greenestamps(13203)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

(NOTE: The use of parentheses WOULD be preferable. However, using standard rules for interpreting the equation as you show it produces only one meaning.)

Multiply both sides by ln(x) to get a "quadratic" in ln(x):

or
or

CHECK...

x = e: yes

x = e^-3: yes
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