SOLUTION: Will someone solve and explain this question: Q: Find x, correct to 3 significant figures, in the following: 3^x . 10^2x = 4 . 20^x-2

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Q: Find x, correct to 3 significant figures, in the following:
3^x . 10^2x = 4 . 20^x-2

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

....use logarithm


































if you check it, you get




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