x = 3 or x = 1
note that log 5 is usually taken to mean 
5
using the law of logarithms
logx - logy = log (
)
the right hand side can be expressed as
log 10000 - log 16 = log (
) = log 625
divide both sides by log 5
x² - 4x + 7 = 
= 4
subtract 4 from both sides
x² - 4x + 3 = 0 ← in standard form
(x - 3 )(x - 1) = 0
equate each factor to zero and solve for x
x - 3 = 0 ⇒ x = 3
x - 1 = 0 ⇒ x = 1
No.
1/4 would be proportional to 9/36.
8/36 can be simplified to 4/18, and further reduced to 2/9.
No, they are not.
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Okay. so I'm gonna assume you know what factor out means--were gonna take out 5/6. what we need to know is, how does that affect our ending number 2/3? well, we're gonna have 5/6 times some stuff first off, right?
5/6 ( )
so what's in the parenthesis? well, if we distribute in our mind, S would just have to be by itself for it to work out. so we have
5/6 ( s )
but what about 2/3? well, if we're multiplying everything on the inside by 5/6, how can be get it to cancel and leave 2/3 alone? we could divide 2/3 by 5/6, right?
5/6 ( s + (2/3) / (5/6) )
now, when we distribute our 5/6, we'll have just 2/3 at the end. now let's simplify that end term so it looks a little better. if we divide by a fracion, that's the same as multiplying by the flipped version, so let's do that.
2/3 / 5/6 = 2/3 × 6/5 = 2 (6) / 5 (3) = 12/15
we can reduce 12/15 by dividing the top and bottom by three.
= 4/5
so our final answer would be:
5/6 [S + 4/5] you can redistribute to make sure it matches. Anyway, hope that helps!
