document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=409903>Question 409903</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you pls. help:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solve the equation, leave your answer in \"calculator ready\" format.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "lne^x=3 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "We start be rewriting this in exponential form. In general <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=log%28a%2C+%28p%29%29+=+q ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"log%28a%2C+%28p%29%29+=+q\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is equivalent to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=p+=+a%5Eq ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"p+=+a%5Eq\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. Using this pattern on your expression we get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=e%5Ex+=+e%5E3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"e%5Ex+=+e%5E3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The only way these powers of e can be equal is if the exponents themselves are equal, too. So:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 3 </SPAN>\n" );
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