document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=877526>Question 877526</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 8^x - 8^-x = 8 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #529374 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Alan3354><B>Alan3354(69443)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Alan3354><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=Alan3354><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=529374\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 8^x - 8^-x = 8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply by 8^x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8^2x - 1 = 8^x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sub for 8^x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " <TR><TD  ALIGN=MIDDLE>Solved by <A  rel=nofollow HREF=http://wiki.algebra.com/index.php/Tutoring_-_pluggable_solvers>pluggable</A> solver: <A  rel=nofollow HREF=solve_quadratic_equation.solver>SOLVE quadratic equation (work shown, graph etc)</A></TD></TR>\n" );
document.write( "<TR><TD  ALIGN=LEFT>Quadratic equation <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (in our case <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1x%5E2%2B-1x%2B-1+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1x%5E2%2B-1x%2B-1+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >) has the following solutons:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  For these solutions to exist, the <U>discriminant</U> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > should not be a negative number.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  First, we need to compute the discriminant <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac=%28-1%29%5E2-4%2A1%2A-1=5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac=%28-1%29%5E2-4%2A1%2A-1=5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  Discriminant d=5 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+x%5B12%5D+=+%28--1%2B-sqrt%28+5+%29%29%2F2%5Ca ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+x%5B12%5D+=+%28--1%2B-sqrt%28+5+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%28-1%29%2Bsqrt%28+5+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+1.61803398874989 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%28-1%29%2Bsqrt%28+5+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+1.61803398874989\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "    <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%28-1%29-sqrt%28+5+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+-0.618033988749895 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%28-1%29-sqrt%28+5+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+-0.618033988749895\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    Quadratic expression <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1x%5E2%2B-1x%2B-1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1x%5E2%2B-1x%2B-1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > can be factored:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1x%5E2%2B-1x%2B-1+=+%28x-1.61803398874989%29%2A%28x--0.618033988749895%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1x%5E2%2B-1x%2B-1+=+%28x-1.61803398874989%29%2A%28x--0.618033988749895%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "  Again, the answer is: 1.61803398874989, -0.618033988749895.\n" );
document.write( "Here's your graph:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ignore the negative solution<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8^x =~ 1.618<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x*log(8) = log(1.618)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = log(1.618)/log(8) </SPAN>\n" );
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