document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=291822>Question 291822</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you solve this equation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "log x + log (x-5) = log 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please include the steps. Thank you. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Adding logs --> multiply<BR>\n" );
document.write( "log(x*(x-5)) = log(6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the logs are equal, so are the arguments<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x*(x-5) = 6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x-6)*(x+1) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = -1 BUT there's no log of -1, so it's not an acceptable solution.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 6 is it.<BR>\n" );
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