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Hey there,
I swear, my brain is not working at the moment and I have a big test tomorrow.
I would be forever thankful if someone could help me with these problems ASAP
solve: log27 X = 1 - log27 (x-0.4)
(27 is the base)
and solve: log9 81 + log9 (1/9) + log9 3 = log9 X
(9 is the base)
Thank you!
The second one is easy because you can work out the value of each term without involving logs.
9^2 = 81, so log9 81 = 2; 9^-1 = 1/9, so log9 (1/9) = -1 and so on.
This makes the equation 2 - 1 + 1/2 = log9 X, or 1.5 = log9 X.
Putting each term as a power of 9 gives 9^1.5 = X and so X = 27.
The first is trickier because you can't convert out of logs like that.
One of the laws of logs is that log a - log b = log (a/b), and to apply that rule we need to turn 1 into a log.
27^1 = 27, so 1 = log27 27.
So now the equation is log27 X = log27 27 - log27 (X-0.4) and applying the above rule gives log27 X = log27 (27/(X-0.4)).
As both sides are now in terms of logs, we can remove them to get X = 27/(X-0.4) and from there it's just a quadratic equation.
X(X-0.4) = 27
X² - 0.4X - 27 = 0
Using the Quadratic Equation Solver gives solutions of X = 5.4 and -5, but you cannot have negative logs so the -5 is disregarded. X = 5.4.
Edit: I got bored, so decided to turn the word 'log' brown. Sorry.
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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