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Re: Question on logs (last one of the day, I promise)

by Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > May 1, 2008 at 10:29 PM

henrysun909@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 writes:

> I realize this is probably a stupid question, but if one has an
> equation like
> 
> 2log3x = 2 + log3(x-2), how does one account for the "2 +" part of
> the equation on the left?

Maybe express 2 as a logarithm and proceed from there.

Are those supposed to be logs to base 3? I'd write log_3 x, where the
underscore indicates that the 3 is a subscript.
 




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Question on logs (last one of the day, I promise)
henrysun909@[EMAIL PROTEC  2008-05-01 12:13:24 
Re: Question on logs (last one of the day, I promise)
Jussi Piitulainen <jpi  2008-05-01 22:29:45 
Re: Question on logs (last one of the day, I promise)
"[Mr.] Lynn Kurtz&qu  2008-05-02 02:00:04 

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