SOLUTION: solve for x: 5^3x^-1=5^5x^-3 just in case you dont understand the top one(5 on top its 3x-1=5 on top its 5x-3)

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Question 242715: solve for x: 5^3x^-1=5^5x^-3


just in case you dont understand the top one(5 on top its 3x-1=5 on top its 5x-3)
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Your clarification just confused the issue. Now I'm not sure whether you meant:



Which is what you initially wrote, or if you meant



which is what your clarification says.

Be that as it may, you solve either one the same way. Since the base number is the same in each case, namely 5, you can use the fact that



to write:



and then







or







again, depending on the correct form of your problem.

John