document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=768227>Question 768227</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve the equation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "log(x^2+3)=log(x+6)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I started by dividing both sides with (x+6) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "log(x^2+3)=log(x+6) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I started by dividing both sides with (x+6)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "arguments of logs to the same base are equal to each other.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2+3=x+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2-x-3=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve for x by quadratic formula:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a=1, b=-1, c=-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=[-(-1)±&#8730;(-1)^2-4*1*-3)]2*1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=[1±&#8730;(1+12)]/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=[1±&#8730;13]/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x&#8776;2.033<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x&#8776;-1.303 </SPAN>\n" );
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