SOLUTION: Solve for x: {{{log( 2, x+2)=log( .5, 2)}}}

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Question 116597: Solve for x:


Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given equation


Evaluate to get -1


Rewrite the equation using the property: ====>


Rewrite as


Evaluate to get


Subtract 2 from both sides


Combine like terms

So our answer is

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