document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=188601>Question 188601</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Use the properties of logarithms to simplify each equation and solve it.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "49. ln (x - 3) = 1 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "50. 2 ln x - ln 3 = 2 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "51. ln (x + 2) + ln (x - 2) = 0 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Round to the nearest hundredth. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "49. ln (x - 3) = 1 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x - 3 = e<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = e+3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = ~ 5.72<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "50. 2 ln x - ln 3 = 2 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "ln(x^2/3) = 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2/3 = e^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = e^2/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = +e*sqrt(3)/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -e*sqrt(3)/3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "51. ln (x + 2) + ln (x - 2) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ln((x+2)/(x-2)) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+2)/(x-2) = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+2 = x-2 --> inconsistent, no solution.<BR>\n" );
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