document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=35350>Question 35350</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Question goes like this....\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve Equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "log x + log (x+2) = log 3 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "log(a) + log(b) = log(a*b)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "log(x) +  log(x+2) = log(x*(x+2)) = log3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "log(x*(x+2)) = log3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "log on the right and left are of the same base<BR>\n" );
document.write( "therefore x(x+2) = 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 +2x -3 = 0 factorising <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+3)(x-1) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-3 or x = 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "log of negative number is not possible hence x =1 </SPAN>\n" );
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