SOLUTION: I need your assistance on this logarithm problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Solve {{{loga (8x + 5)=loga (4x + 29)}}}

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I need your assistance on this logarithm problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Solve loga (8x + 5)=loga (4x + 29)
both are logs to same base a..so taking antilogs, we get
8x+5=4x+29
8x-4x=29-5=24
4x=24
x=6

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