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document.write( "Solve for x: \r\n" );
document.write( "\"2%2Alog%28%28x%29%29=log%28%282%29%29%2Blog%28%283x-4%29%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Use this rule of exponents on the left side\r\n" );
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document.write( "                     \"A%2Alog%28%28B%29%29=log%28%28B%5EA%29%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"log%28%28x%5E2%29%29=log%28%282%29%29%2Blog%28%283x-4%29%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Use this rule of logarithms on the right side:\r\n" );
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document.write( "                     \"log%28%28A%29%29+%2B+log%28%28B%29%29+=+log%28%28AB%29%29\" \r\n" );
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document.write( "\"log%28%28x%5E2%29%29=log%28%282%283x-4%29%29%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Distribute on the right:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"log%28%28x%5E2%29%29=log%28%286x-8%29%29%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Use the rule:\r\n" );
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document.write( "               The equation \"log%28%28A%29%29\" = \"log%28%28B%29%29\" is equivalent to\r\n" );
document.write( "               the equation \"A=B\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x%5E2=6x-8\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x%5E2-6x%2B8=0\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28x-2%29%28x-4%29=0\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x-2=0\" gives solution \"x=2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x-4=0\" gives solution \"x=4\"\r\n" );
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