document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=211288>Question 211288</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> log8 (3x+7) = log8 (7x+4)       do you cancel the logs out to solve this problem? or how do you solve this problem? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If the logs (with the same base) are equal, then the expressions are equal.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+7 = 7x+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 3/4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x+7 = 37/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x+4 = 37/4<BR>\n" );
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