document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=478616>Question 478616</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> solve the expontel equation. espress the soloution set in terms of natural logs<BR>\n" );
document.write( " x^x+4=5^2x+5 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #327937 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Edwin+McCravy><B>Edwin McCravy(20059)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Edwin+McCravy><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=Edwin+McCravy><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=327937\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> When the variable to be solved for appears both in a base as<BR>\n" );
document.write( "well as in an exponent, there are no algebraic methods which<BR>\n" );
document.write( "can be used to solve such equations.  At best their solutions<BR>\n" );
document.write( "can be approximated by iterative methods or technology.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Could you have copied the problem wrong?  Also we cannot tell <BR>\n" );
document.write( "where the exponents begin and end because you have not placed <BR>\n" );
document.write( "them inside parentheses.  If you re-post please place the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "exponents within parentheses so we can tell which terms are<BR>\n" );
document.write( "parts of the exponents and which are not.\r<BR>\n" );
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