Try to relax. Your desperation has surely progressed to the point where
you're unable to think clearly, and to agonize over it any further would only
cause you more pain and frustration.
I've never seen this kind of problem before. But I arrived here in a calm state,
having just finished my dinner and spent a few minutes rubbing my dogs, and
I believe I've been able to crack the case.
Consider this: (2)^a negative power = (1/2)^the same power but positive.
So:
Whatever power (2) must be raised to, in order to reach some number 'N',
the same number 'N' can be reached by raising (1/2) to the same power
but negative.
What I just said in that paragraph was: log₂ of(N) = <em>- </em>log(base 1/2) of (N) .
I think that's the big breakthrough here.
The rest is just turning the crank.
Now let's look at the problem:
log₂(x-1) + log(base 1/2) (x-2) = log₂(x)
Subtract log₂(x) from each side:
log₂(x-1) - log₂(x) + log(base 1/2) (x-2) = 0
Subtract log(base 1/2) (x-2) from each side:
log₂(x-1) - log₂(x) = - log(base 1/2) (x-2) Notice the negative on the right.
The left side is the same as log₂[ (x-1)/x ]
==> The right side is the same as +log₂(x-2)
Now you have: log₂[ (x-1)/x ] = +log₂(x-2)
And that ugly [ log to the base of 1/2 ] is gone.
Take the antilog of each side:
(x-1)/x = x-2
Multiply each side by 'x' : x - 1 = x² - 2x
Subtract (x-1) from each side:
x² - 2x - (x-1) = 0
x² - 3x + 1 = 0
Using the quadratic equation, the solutions to that are
x = 2.618
and
x = 0.382 .
I think you have to say that <em>x=2.618</em> is the solution to the original
log problem, and 0.382 has to be discarded, because there's an
(x-2) in the original problem, and (0.382 - 2) is negative, and
there's no such thing as the log of a negative number.
There,now. Doesn't that feel better.
I believe it would be 68 miles per hour! To find the unit rate here you would divide miles by hours, or 340 by 5, which would give you 68.
Answer:
Solve the equation for y by finding a, b, and c
of the quadratic then applying the quadratic formula.
Exact Form:
y = 3,−9/2
Decimal Form:
y = 3,−4.5
Mixed Number Form:
y = 3,− 4 1/2
Step-by-step explanation:
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Answer:
67/5 = 13 2/5
Step-by-step explanation:
Step 1: <u>Define/explain.</u>
An easier way to solve this is by changing the mixed fractions to improper fractions.
To do this, multiply the whole number by the denominator, then add the product to the numerator; the denominator remains the same.
Mixed fraction - a fraction with a whole number.
Improper fraction - a fraction with a numerator larger than the denominator.
Step 2: <u>Solve.</u>
From here, add as usual.
Step 3: <u>Conclude.</u>
You can change the improper fraction to a mixed fraction if you'd like.
To do this, divide the numerator by the denominator.
The amount of times the numerator evenly goes into the denominator is the whole number.
The amount of remaining numbers in the denominator.
The numerator remains the same.
I, therefore, believe the answer to this is 13 2/5.
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