SOLUTION: {{{2^(x+1)=1/8}}} i know you have to first get the same bases but how?

Question 132653:
i know you have to first get the same bases but how?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given equation

Rewrite 8 as . Notice how the two sides have the same base.

Since the bases are equal, this means that the exponents are equal.

Set the exponents equal to one another

Subtract 1 from both sides

Combine like terms on the right side

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