I can't tell which of these you meant: 4log(4x) - 3log(5y) = 1 or 4log4(x) - 3log5(y) = 1 log(2x) - log(5y) = 2 log2(x) - log5(y) = 2 I tried doing it the first way and there was no solution, so I think you must have meant the second way. 4log4(x) - 3log5(y) = 1 log2(x) - log5(y) = 2 I will change the first term in the first equation so it will be a log to the base 2, like the first term in the second equation. Using the change of base formula on that term: 4log4(x) == = = = 2log2(x) The system of equations is now: 2log2(x) - 3log5(y) = 1 log2(x) - log5(y) = 2 let u = log2(x) let v = log5(y) The system of equations is now: 2u - 3v = 1 u - v = 2 Solve that system of equations by substitution or elimination and get (u,v) = (5,3). I'm sure you can do that. But we don't want u and v, we want x and y. So we substitute back: u = log2(x), which is equivalent to the exponential equation: x = 2u = 25 = 32 v = log5(y) y = 5v = 53 = 125 So the solution is (x,y) = (32,125) Edwin