log4x-log4(x+3) = log4(x-2) Get all logs on the side of the equation where they will be positive log4x = log4(x+3) + log4(x-2) The left side is already a single log. We get the right side to a single log also. To do this we remember that the sum of logs is the log of the product: log4x = log4[(x+3)(x-2)] Now that we have single logs on both sides we can drop the logs x = (x+3)(x-2) x = x²+x-6 0 = x²-6 6 = x² ±√6 = x But since we cannot take logs of negative numbers, we must discard the negative solution, sinc the original equation has term log4x. However √6 causes us to only have to take logs of positive solutions, so it is a solution. Therefore the only solution is √6 Edwin