document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=461053>Question 461053</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I tried to solve this in all my calculators I have and all of them say unable to solve this type of logarithm even tho all of them have the (ln) function. Here is the equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2ln(x-3)=ln(x+5)+ln4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When I input it in it asks if i'm solving for x or e.. not sure where the are getting the e from but anyway.. any help would be appreciated.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #316281 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><B>richard1234(7193)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richard1234><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=316281\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Some calculators do not have the ln function, in which you can input it as the log base e (this is rare though, most calculators that allow log of any base will automatically have an ln button). Be careful that if you input e, it must be the constant e, not the variable e.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "However you do not need a calculator to solve it. Follow the other tutor's solution, using the properties of logarithms, and it becomes a simple quadratic equation. </SPAN>\n" );
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