Answer in Statistics and Probability for eustace kusangwa #90454
January 24th, 2023
Substitution.
Let “5^x=t, t>0.” Then “5^{2x+1}=5t^2”
“5t^2+4=21t”
“5t^2-21t+4=0”
“D=(-21)^2-4(5)(4)=361”
“t={21pmsqrt {361} over 2(5)}”
“t_1={21-19 over 10}={1 over 5}, t_2={21+19 over 10}=4”
“5^x={1 over 5}=>x=-1”
“5^x=4=>x=log_5(4)={2ln2 over ln5}”
“Big{-1, log_5(4)Big} or Big{-1, {2ln2 over ln5}Big}”