SOLUTION: Open-Ended Give an example of an exponential equation whose solution is a negative number.

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Question 195448: Open-Ended Give an example of an exponential equation whose
solution is a negative number.
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Open-Ended Give an example of an exponential equation whose solution is a negative number.

e^(i x) = cos x + i sin x
(e to the i x)

Therefore

e^(i pi) = cos pi + i sin pi
(e to the i pi)

= -1