SOLUTION: 9*x*3^(x-1)=81 Find x

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Question 1006102: 9*x*3^(x-1)=81
Find x
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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There is no closed form solution to this...from
9*x*3^(x-1)=81 we can divide by nine and get
x%2A3%5E%28x-1%29+=+9 and
%28x%2A3%5Ex%29%2F3+=+9
x%2A%283%5Ex%29+=+27
Digitally the answer for x is about 2.258...
I suspect there is an error in the problem...