SOLUTION: solve the expontel equation. espress the soloution set in terms of natural logs x^x+4=5^2x+5

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Question 478616: solve the expontel equation. espress the soloution set in terms of natural logs
x^x+4=5^2x+5

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
When the variable to be solved for appears both in a base as
well as in an exponent, there are no algebraic methods which
can be used to solve such equations. At best their solutions
can be approximated by iterative methods or technology.
Could you have copied the problem wrong? Also we cannot tell
where the exponents begin and end because you have not placed
them inside parentheses. If you re-post please place the
exponents within parentheses so we can tell which terms are
parts of the exponents and which are not.