SOLUTION: Suppose {{{ 43^(3log (13,56)) = 56^(x*log (11,43)) }}}, where {{{x = log (b,n)}}}. Compute the pair of positive integers (b,n) that satisfies this equation, where b is the minimum

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Question 1204647: Suppose +43%5E%283log+%2813%2C56%29%29+=+56%5E%28x%2Alog+%2811%2C43%29%29+, where x+=+log+%28b%2Cn%29. 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 +43%5E%283log+%2813%2C56%29%29+=+56%5E%28x%2Alog+%2811%2C43%29%29+, where x+=+log+%28b%2Cn%29.
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  43%5E%283log%2813%2C56%29%29 = 56%5E%28x%2Alog+%2811%2C43%29%29.    (1)


Take log base 11 of both sides.  
Using basic elementary properties of logarithms, you will get

    3%2Alog%2813%2C56%29%2Alog%2811%2C43%29 = x%2Alog%2811%2C43%29%2Alog%2811%2C56%29.    (2)


Cancel common factor  log%2811%2C43%29  in both sides.  You will get

    3%2Alog%2813%2C56%29%29 = x%2Alog%2811%2C56%29.    (3)


Using  log%28a%2Cb%29 = 1%2Flog%28b%2Ca%29, rewrite equation (3) in equivalent form

    3%2Flog%2856%2C13%29 = x%2Flog%2856%2C11%29.     (4)


At this point, you have logarithms with common (the same) base 56.


Rewrite proportion (4) in equivalent form

    3%2Fx = log%2856%2C13%29%2Flog%2856%2C11%29.    (5)


According to the "base change" formula for logarithms, the right side of (5) is

    log%2856%2C13%29%2Flog%2856%2C11%29 = log%2811%2C13%29.    (6)


So, proportion (5) is now this significantly simplified equation

    3%2Fx = log%2811%2C13%29.    (7)


Rewrite it equivalently in this form

    x = 3%2Flog%2811%2C13%29.


Again, apply the formula  1%2Flog%2811%2C13%29 = log%2813%2C11%29 to get

    x = 3%2Alog%2813%2C11%29.


But they want x = log+%28b%2Cn%29   (see the description of the problem).

It leads us to this equation

    log+%28b%2Cn%29 = 3%2Alog%2813%2C11%29,

which is the same as

    log+%28b%2Cn%29 = log%2813%2C11%5E3%29.    (8)


From (8), we get the answer to the problem:  b = 13;  n = 11%5E3 = 1331.


ANSWER.  The solution to the problem is  b = 13;  n = 11%5E3 = 1331.

Solved.


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