SOLUTION: 16 exponent 2x-5 = 8 exponent x-3

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Question 248322: 16 exponent 2x-5 = 8 exponent x-3
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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I suppose you meant:



For future reference, use ^ for exponentiation and use parentheses to make certain there is no ambiguity. For example, what you wrote could have been interpreted:



Or



Or



Back to my original presumption:



Note that and and remember that

So write:



then



Since



We can say:



Solve for


John