document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=403849>Question 403849</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need to solve exponential equations.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.2e^-5x + 2.6 = 3 (the -5x is the exponent)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I first subtracted 2.6 from each side 1.2e^-5x = 0.4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I then took a common log of each side log 1.2e^-5x = log 0.4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-5x = log 0.4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then i was stuck.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "ln3/5 is about 0.220\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I don't know how to get that.<BR>\n" );
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