Learn how to change logarithm equations to and from
equivalent exponential equations:
and
are equivalent.
Therefore your first equation:
is equivalent to
and then
Your second equation:
Using a rule of logarithms, becomes
, which is equivalent to
and then
Substituting 4y-4 for x:
Substituting in
Since logs cannot be taken of negative numbers, and
the original second equation contains
and
, the only solutions are the
positive ones:
and
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