document.write( "Question 366583: Find the value of x in 4 to the power x-1=2 to the x+1 and\r
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document.write( "*Note;  the idea is to find 'same bases' and set exponents equal to one another.
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document.write( "4^(x-1) = 2
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document.write( "2(x-1) = 1
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document.write( "2x - 2 = 1
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document.write( "x = 3/2\r
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document.write( "-5 = 3x
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document.write( "(-5/3) = x \n" );
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