Logarithms

Algebra Level 3

3 2 x + 1 4 x 1 = 36 \Large 3^{2x+1} \cdot 4^{x-1} = 36

Find x x .

log 24 12 \log_{24} 12 log 36 48 \log_{36} 48 log 48 36 \log_{48} 36 log 12 24 \log_{12} 24

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3 solutions

Chew-Seong Cheong
Aug 24, 2017

3 2 x + 1 4 x 1 = 36 log 36 ( 3 2 x + 1 4 x 1 ) = log 36 36 ( 2 x + 1 ) log 36 3 + ( x 1 ) log 36 4 = log 36 36 2 x log 36 3 + x log 36 4 + log 36 3 log 36 4 = log 36 36 x ( log 36 3 2 + log 36 4 ) = log 36 36 log 36 3 + log 36 4 x ( log 36 36 ) = log 36 ( 36 4 3 ) x = log 36 48 \begin{aligned} 3^{2x+1} \cdot 4^{x-1} & = 36 \\ \log_{36} \left(3^{2x+1} \cdot 4^{x-1}\right) & = \log_{36} 36 \\ (2x+1) \log_{36} 3 + (x-1) \log_{36} 4 & = \log_{36} 36 \\ 2x \log_{36} 3 + x\log_{36} 4 + \log_{36} 3 - \log_{36} 4 & = \log_{36} 36 \\ x \left(\log_{36} 3^2 + \log_{36} 4 \right) & = \log_{36} 36 - \log_{36} 3 + \log_{36} 4 \\ x \left(\log_{36} 36 \right) & = \log_{36} \left(\frac {36 \cdot 4} 3\right) \\ x & = \boxed {\log_{36} 48} \end{aligned}

Ravneet Singh
Aug 25, 2017

3 2 x + 1 4 x 1 = 36 3 2 x 3 4 x 4 = 36 9 x 4 x = 36 × 4 3 3 6 x = 48 x = log 36 48 \large \begin{aligned} 3^{2x+1} \cdot 4^{x-1} = 36 \\ 3^{2x}\cdot 3 \cdot \frac{4^x}{4} = 36 \\ 9^x \cdot 4^x = \dfrac{36 \times 4}{3} \\ 36^x = 48 \\ x = \boxed{\log_{36}48} \end{aligned}

Next level genius.

genis dude - 3 years, 9 months ago

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No...it's just a lot of practice

Ravneet Singh - 3 years, 9 months ago
Adharsh M
Aug 25, 2017

3^(2x+1) *4^(x-1)=3^(2x+1) *2^2(x-1)=6^2x *3/4=36 apply log with base 6 and use properties of logarithm to get value for x.

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