Re: Solving log equations, how?
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- Subject: [mg13635] Re: Solving log equations, how?
- From: Arnoud Buzing <arnoudb>
- Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 16:41:33 -0500
- Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
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Jeffrey A. Soesbergen wrote: > > How can I solve the following exponential equations: > > 1. log3 x=-2 > > 2. log x + log (x+3) = 1 > > Can anyone tell me how to solve these in Mathematica? You can solve equations in Mathematica with the Solve[] command. It takes two arguments: the equation you want to solve and the variable you want to solve for. In your case the expressions to evaluate are: Solve[Log[3 x] == -2, x] (followed by shift-enter) Solve[Log[x] + Log[x + 3] == 1, x] (followed by shift-enter) You need to use == instead of = to indicate equality; the = is used for assignment. --- Arnoud