document.write( "Question 923413: Can you help me solve this log for x?
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document.write( "log base 2 of(x+1) - log base 2 of x= log base 2 of 5\r
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document.write( "I tried but I am not sure I got the right answer.\r
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document.write( "I used laws of logarithms to make it:\r
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document.write( "log base 2 of (x+1)/x = log base 2 of 5\r
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document.write( "then got rid of the logs because they had the same base. \r
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document.write( "(x+1)/x = 5\r
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document.write( "x+1=5x\r
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document.write( "x=1/4 \n" );
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