Note:
Solve for x in the following equation.
Problem 8.1a:
Answer:
and the approximate answer is
Solution:
Note that the domain of
is the set of real numbers greater than
zero because you cannot take the log of zero or a negative number.
The exact value is and the approximate value
Check the solution by substituting in the original equation for x. If the left side of the equation equals the right side of the equation after the substitution, you have found the correct answer.
Since the left side of the original equation is equal to the right side of the original equation after we substitute the value 300,651.071010 for x, then is a solution.
You can also check your answer by graphing
(formed by subtracting the right side of the original equation
from the left side). Look to see where the graph crosses the x-axis; that
will be the real solution. Note that the graph crosses the x-axis at
.
This means that
is the
real solution.
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