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Hi all!
From time to time, I work as a math tutor. Normally this doesn't cause me any trouble, but a couple of days ago a student from an IB school came to me with this problem:
2*5(x+1) = 1 + 3/(5x). Solve for x and write the solution on the form a + log5b.
I've been trying to solve this problem for a couple of hours, using basic logarithmic identities, but what bothers me is that I always end up with something on the form log5(a+bx) or log5(a+b*x).
I've also tried taking the logarithm on both sides, after rearranging to 2*5(x+1) - 3/(5x) = 1. This gives 0 at the right-hand side of the equation - could this be of any help?
I'm very thankful for replies!
From time to time, I work as a math tutor. Normally this doesn't cause me any trouble, but a couple of days ago a student from an IB school came to me with this problem:
2*5(x+1) = 1 + 3/(5x). Solve for x and write the solution on the form a + log5b.
I've been trying to solve this problem for a couple of hours, using basic logarithmic identities, but what bothers me is that I always end up with something on the form log5(a+bx) or log5(a+b*x).
I've also tried taking the logarithm on both sides, after rearranging to 2*5(x+1) - 3/(5x) = 1. This gives 0 at the right-hand side of the equation - could this be of any help?
I'm very thankful for replies!