document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1082041>Question 1082041</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> solve the logarithmic equation: 9^-r = 9^1-2r\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-r is a subscript and 1-2r are subscripts and written together<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I got 1-1r for the answer, but it doesn't seem right </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Your symbols and your text say two different things.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First you wrote \"logarithmic equation\" and then you wrote 9^-r = 9^1-2r\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The symbols indicate an exponential equation, not logarithmic.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then you said that -r and 1-2r are subscripts.  If that were true then your equation would be\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 9_{-r}\ =\ 9_{1-2r}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Which makes no sense at all without some additional context.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "subscript -- sub, below, like a submarine\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "superscript -- super, above, like superman\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So here is what I think you meant:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 9^{-r}\ =\ 9^{1\,-\,2r}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large a^m\ =\ a^n\"> if and only if <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large m\ =\ n\"> we can write:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ -r\ =\ 1\ -\ 2r\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large r\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \ \\r\"> </SPAN>\n" );
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