document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=465532>Question 465532</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> log2x+1/2log2(x+2)=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve for x </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "log2x+1/2log2(x+2)=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rewrite as single log<BR>\n" );
document.write( "log2[(x)(x+2)^1/2]=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "convert to exponential form: (base(2) raised to log of number(2)=number[(x)(x+2)^1/2]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2^2=(x)(x+2)^1/2=4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "square both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2(x+2)=16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^3+2x^2-16=0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Don't know how to solve this equation algebriacally, but my graphing calculator shows there is one real root, x=2 </SPAN>\n" );
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