What we want to do is combine the like terms. Since we have 1 ln(2x) and -2 ln(2x), we can combine them and make -ln(2x). [Only because they are both some form of ln(2x).
-ln(2x) = -3.25
ln(2x) = 3.25 would be the simplified answer. If you want to solve for "x," you would need to do the following: