document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=248322>Question 248322</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 16 exponent 2x-5 = 8 exponent x-3 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I suppose you meant:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 16^{2x-5}\ =\ 8^{x-3}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For future reference, use ^ for exponentiation and use parentheses to make certain there is no ambiguity.  For example, what you wrote could have been interpreted:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 16^{2}x-5\ =\ 8^{x}-3\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Or\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 16^{2x}-5\ =\ 8^{x-3}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Or\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 16^{2x-5}\ =\ 8^{x}-3\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Back to my original presumption:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 16^{2x-5}\ =\ 8^{x-3}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 16\ =\ 2^4\"> and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 8\ =\ 2^3\"> and remember that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE (a^m)^n\ = a^{mn}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So write:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2^4^{2x-5}\ =\ 2^3^{x-3}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2^{8x-20}\ =\ 2^{3x-9}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ a^n\ =\ a^m\ \Leftrightarrow\ n\ =\ m\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We can say:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 8x\ -\ 20\ =\ 3x\ -\ 9\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
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