Question 1204647: Suppose , where . Compute the pair of positive integers (b,n) that satisfies this equation, where b is the minimum value greater than 10
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Suppose , where .
Compute the pair of positive integers (b,n) that satisfies this equation,
where b is the minimum value greater than 10.
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The starting equation is = . (1)
Take log base 11 of both sides.
Using basic elementary properties of logarithms, you will get
= . (2)
Cancel common factor in both sides. You will get
= . (3)
Using = , rewrite equation (3) in equivalent form
= . (4)
At this point, you have logarithms with common (the same) base 56.
Rewrite proportion (4) in equivalent form
= . (5)
According to the "base change" formula for logarithms, the right side of (5) is
= . (6)
So, proportion (5) is now this significantly simplified equation
= . (7)
Rewrite it equivalently in this form
x = .
Again, apply the formula = to get
x = .
But they want x = (see the description of the problem).
It leads us to this equation
= ,
which is the same as
= . (8)
From (8), we get the answer to the problem: b = 13; n = = 1331.
ANSWER. The solution to the problem is b = 13; n = = 1331.
Solved.
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