document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1130363>Question 1130363</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve for x:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "log (5x+ 6) = log (x-3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please show me how you did it too. Thank you </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Both tutor @mathlover1 and tutor @josgarithmetic pointed out that if log(A) = log(B), then it should be true that A=B.  They both overlooked that fact that A must be equal to B IF A SOLUTION EXISTS.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Tutor @maththerapy is right; there is no solution.  That is because when you set A=B in this equation, you get x = -9/4.  Then the equation says<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "log(-21/4) = log(-21/4)<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "But logs of negative numbers do not exist.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, as tutor @maththerapy says:  NO SOLUTION<BR>\n" );
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