Re: Need help with solving problem
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- Subject: [mg5372] Re: [mg5339] Need help with solving problem
- From: Francisco Edmundo de Andrade <edmundo at lia.ufc.br>
- Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 14:50:15 -0500
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, Ingimar V=F6lundarson wrote:
> Can anyone help me with this problem?
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> (4^x)+(2^x)-2=3D0
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> Everyone can see that x=3D0 but:
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> (4^x)+(2^x)-2=3D0 =3D>
> 2*(2^x)+(2^x)-2=3D0 =3D>
> 2y+y-2=3D0 =3D> ;(let y=3D2^x)
> 3y=3D2 =3D>
> y=3D2/3 =3D>
> 2^x=3D2/3 =3D> ;(let 2^x=3Dy)
> lg(2^x)=3Dlg(2/3) =3D>=20
> x*lg(2)=3Dlg(2/3) =3D>
> x=3Dlg(2/3)/lg(2) Which is not true!!!
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> Am I doing something wrong?
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> Please E-mail an answer to:
> ingimar.volundarson at mailbox.swipnet.se
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> Thanx in advance!
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Yes, there is an error in the first equivalence:
(4^x)+(2^x)-2=3D0 <> 2*(2^x)+(2^x)-2=3D0
because
(4^x)+(2^x)-2=3D0 =3D (2^x)*(2^x)+(2^x)-2=3D0
So, the sequence must be continued:
y^2+y-2=3D0 ; 2^x->y
y=3D-2 or y=3D1
2^x=3D-2 or 2^x=3D1
The first equation is invalid, so the solution is x=3D0.
(Edmundo's contribuition 1996)
With Kindest regards
Edmundo
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edmundo at lia.ufc.br
Universidade Federal do Ceara
Fortaleza - Ceara - BRAZIL
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