document.write( "Question 1150780: if 16=6^x, 27=(12)^y find three integer numbers (a, b, c,)
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document.write( "To make that come out an integer, all the ln's must cancel out,\r\n" );
document.write( "plus both denominators must cancel into both numerators.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The coefficient of the first ln in the right denominator is twice\r\n" );
document.write( "the coefficient of the second ln.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, the right denominator will cancel into the left numerator if\r\n" );
document.write( "the coefficient 4+a is twice the coefficient a. So to have that,\r\n" );
document.write( "4+a = 2a\r\n" );
document.write( "  4 = a\r\n" );
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document.write( "The coefficient of both ln's in the left denominator are equal,\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, the left denominator will cancel into the right numerator if \r\n" );
document.write( "coefficients 3+b and 2b are equal.  So to have that,\r\n" );
document.write( "3+b = 2b\r\n" );
document.write( "  3 = b\r\n" );
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document.write( "So substituting a = 4 and b = 3\r\n" );
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document.write( "So a = 3, b = 4, and c = 24\r\n" );
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