document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=130718>Question 130718</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0132203138/algebrahomeworkh></A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you please help me with this equation?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ln(x-5)-ln(x+4)= ln(x-1)-ln(x+2) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "\"cross\" multiplying __ x^2-3x-10=x^2+3x-4 __ subtracting x^2 __ -3x-10=3x-4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "adding 3x+4 __ -6=6x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "substituting the value of x into the original equation results in two of the ln arguments being negative<BR>\n" );
document.write( "__ since logs are not defined for negative quantities, there is no solution for this equation </SPAN>\n" );
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