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Cannon
26th April 2006, 03:59 PM
How do i find x

2^(x+1) = 3^x

Thanks in advance.

RTagger
26th April 2006, 07:31 PM
Need to use logs:

log2^(x+1) = log3^x

(x+1)log2 = xlog3

(x+1)/x = log3/log2 = 1.585

x+1 = 0.585x

1 = 1.585x - 1x = 0.585x

1 = 0.585x

x = 1.71

Cannon
26th April 2006, 11:17 PM
Thankyou for that

Rtagger
27th April 2006, 08:00 PM
No problem.