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marshall27 [118]
3 years ago
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Suppose that $p$ and $q$ are positive numbers for which \[\log_9 p = \log_{12} q = \log_{16} (p + q).\] what is the value of $q/

p$?
Mathematics
1 answer:
SVEN [57.7K]3 years ago
3 0

Given p,q>0 and \log_9p=\log_{12}q=\log_{16}(p+q)=x (say).

Then,

p=9^x\\ q=12^x\\ p+q=16^x

From the above 3 equations,

\frac{q}{p} =(\frac{12}{9} )^x\\ \frac{q}{p} =(\frac{4}{3} )^x\\ \frac{p+q}{p} =(\frac{16}{9} )^x\\ \frac{p+q}{p} =(\frac{4}{3} )^{2x}\\

From the equations, we get

\frac{p+q}{p}=(\frac{q}{p})^2\\ 1+\frac{q}{p}=(\frac{q}{p})^2\\ (\frac{q}{p})^2-\frac{q}{p}-1=0\\ \frac{q}{p}=\frac{1 \pm \sqrt{5}}{2}

Since p,q>0, the negative value is rejected.

\frac{q}{p}=\frac{1 + \sqrt{5}}{2}

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