document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=466404>Question 466404</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What process would I go through to find x in the following equation?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(log = logarithm)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "log(1 + x) + log(2 + x) = 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have done logarithm problems before but I never really understood the way logarithm works, I just go through the sequence my book shows me to, but I have never seen a logarithm equation such as this one before. Any help will be appreciated.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The sum of the logs is the log of the product.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Unspecified base implies base 10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Definition of the logarithm function.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \log(1\ +\ x)\ +\ \log(2\ +\ x)\ =\ 2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \log\left((1\ +\ x)(2\ +\ x)\right)\ =\ 2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \log\left(2\ +\ 3x\ +\ x^2\right)\ =\ 2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2\ +\ 3x\ +\ x^2\ =\ 10^2\ =\ 100\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x^2\ +\ 3x\ -\ 98\ =\ 0\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Not factorable.  Use the quadratic formula to solve.  Note: The discriminant is prime.  Exclude the negative root because anything less than -1 is excluded from the domain of your most restrictive log argument, i.e., (1 + x).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use a calculator to check your work using numerical methods.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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