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Algebra Level 3

Find x x satisfying 1 8 4 x 3 = ( 54 2 ) 3 x 4 \large 18^{4x-3}= (54\sqrt{2})^{3x-4}


The answer is 6.

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1 solution

Chew-Seong Cheong
Jul 15, 2018

Let a = 18 = 2 1 3 2 a=18=2^13^2 and b = 54 2 = 2 3 2 3 3 b=54\sqrt 2 = 2^\frac 32 3^3 . b 2 = 2 3 3 6 = ( 2 1 3 2 ) 3 = a 3 \implies b^2 = 2^33^6=(2^13^2)^3=a^3 . Therefore,

1 8 4 x 3 = ( 54 2 ) 3 x 4 a 4 x 3 = b 3 x 4 a 4 x 3 = a 3 2 ( 3 x 4 ) 4 x 3 = 3 2 ( 3 x 4 ) 4 x 3 = 9 2 x 6 x 2 = 3 x = 6 \begin{aligned} 18^{4x-3} & = (54\sqrt 2)^{3x-4} \\ a^{4x-3} & = b^{3x-4} \\ a^{4x-3} & = a^{\frac 32(3x-4)} \\ \implies 4x-3 & = \frac 32(3x-4) \\ \frac 4x-3 & = \frac 92x -6 \\ \frac x2 & = 3 \\ \implies x & = \boxed 6 \end{aligned}

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