document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=746193>Question 746193</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this equation.  I am having trouble finding all the steps.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "log(16+2x)=log(x^2-4x) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #454186 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=454186\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You read that as, in a more general way, the logarithm of this expression equals the logarithm of that expression.  So we must expect that \"this\" expression is equal to \"that\" expression.  There is a way to make this much more formal, but doing so should be unnecessary.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "No steps to get confused, unless you are unfamiliar with quadratic equations. </SPAN>\n" );
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