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How do I do this ? I don’t understand logarithm

How do I do this ? I don’t understand logarithm-example-1
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Hello from MrBillDoesMath!

Answer:

x = 19

Discussion:

Both sides are logarithms to the same base, namely 20 , which implies the expressions in x (what we are taking logarithms of) must be equal. So we need to solve

4x - 10 = 3x + 9 => subtract 3x from both sides

4x-3x - 10 = 9 => add 10 to both sides

x = 9 + 10 = 19

Thank you,

MrB

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