If the statements below are true for real number a , b , c , d , and x
⎩ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎧ lo g a w lo g b w lo g c w lo g d w lo g a b c d x w = 1 5 = 1 2 = 2 0 = 6 0 = 1 3 6 0
Find lo g x w .
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Applying this formula lo g x w = 1 − 1 3 6 0 × ( 1 5 1 + 1 2 1 + 2 0 1 + 6 0 1 ) 1 = 1 − 1 3 6 0 × ( 6 0 1 3 ) 1 = 0 1 The value we find is undefined hence the answer is not possible
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We can convert all of the logarithms into an exponential form:
a 1 5 = w b 1 2 = w c 2 0 = w d 6 0 = w a 1 3 6 0 b 1 3 6 0 c 1 3 6 0 d 1 3 6 0 x 1 3 6 0 = w
We can also change the last one so that we can substitute w :
a 1 3 6 0 b 1 3 6 0 c 1 3 6 0 d 1 3 6 0 x 1 3 6 0 = w ⟹ ( a 1 5 ) 1 3 4 ( b 1 2 ) 1 3 5 ( c 2 0 ) 1 3 3 ( d 6 0 ) 1 3 1 x 1 3 6 0 = w
We can substitute w in now and it cleans itself up:
( a 1 5 ) 1 3 4 ( b 1 2 ) 1 3 5 ( c 2 0 ) 1 3 3 ( d 6 0 ) 1 3 1 x 1 3 6 0 = w ⟹ w 1 3 4 w 1 3 5 w 1 3 3 w 1 3 1 x 1 3 6 0 = w ⟹ w x 1 3 6 0 = w
Once we solve for x we get:
w x 1 3 6 0 = w ⟹ x 1 3 6 0 = 1 ⟹ x = 1
Using this knowledge, we see that l o g x w is undefined because taking l o g 1 n , n = 1 is impossible and if n = 1 there is infinite answers