AW: Exponential Equations
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- Subject: [mg28832] AW: [mg28792] Exponential Equations
- From: Matthias.Bode at oppenheim.de
- Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 00:59:03 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Phil,
IN:
Solve[3^(2 x) == (1/9)^(x + 5), x];
N[%]
OUT:
Solve::"ifun": "Inverse functions are being used by \!\(Solve\), so some \
solutions may not be found."
{{x -> -2.5 + 1.4298 \[ImaginaryI]},
{x -> -2.5 - 1.4298 \[ImaginaryI]},
{x -> -2.5 - 2.8596 \[ImaginaryI]},
{x -> -2.5}}
The last result appears to be the one you expected.
Sincerely,
Matthias Bode
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"Why can't Mathematica find x = -5/2 when executing the following? Is
there a package I should load? It seems so simple.
Solve[3^(2 x)==(1/9)^(x + 5),x]"