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== Problem == | == Problem == | ||
(a) Determine all real numbers x such that: | (a) Determine all real numbers x such that: | ||
<cmath>2 \log_{2} (x-1) = (1 - \log_{2}(x+2))</cmath> | |||
== Solution 1== | == Solution 1== | ||
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The left part of the equation can be simplified to: | The left part of the equation can be simplified to: | ||
<cmath> | <cmath>(1 - \log_{2}(x+2)) = (\log_{2}(x-1)^2)</cmath> | ||
<cmath>\log_{2}(x-1)^2 + \log_{2} (x+2) = 1</cmath> | <cmath>\log_{2}(x-1)^2 + \log_{2} (x+2) = 1</cmath> | ||
<cmath>\log_{2}((x-1)^2(x+2)) = 1</cmath> | <cmath>\log_{2}((x-1)^2(x+2)) = 1</cmath> | ||
Latest revision as of 15:54, 12 October 2025
Problem
(a) Determine all real numbers x such that:
![\[2 \log_{2} (x-1) = (1 - \log_{2}(x+2))\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/7/1/2/712164ce25e5cc88f3e78413535726daf78100e1.png)
Solution 1
The left part of the equation can be simplified to:
![\[(1 - \log_{2}(x+2)) = (\log_{2}(x-1)^2)\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/6/c/8/6c8a7313cc3f726836144d829f7c4cd1d785d4b3.png)
![\[\log_{2}(x-1)^2 + \log_{2} (x+2) = 1\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/0/e/2/0e22b331aa46d935f74a3bdd3ceaaa9df7814795.png)
![\[\log_{2}((x-1)^2(x+2)) = 1\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/4/1/4/414867a5b0dc28baf080e76a1fcd5810b725638f.png)
![\[((x-1)^2(x+2)) = 2\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/e/1/7/e171c337621d43040118964519225aec2b11c5c6.png)
Expand the equation, we get:
![\[(x^3 - 3x + 2) = 2\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/f/3/7/f371f4d27bd5fed1d8ed404dbc8b62217a23d9e8.png)
![\[(x^3 -3x) = 0\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/0/1/f/01f345891075f0497d194ce4a49277e4190d4691.png)
![\[x(x^2 -3) = 0\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/5/d/c/5dc73207728ade0118da53429de9680972929ea6.png)
We can get 
, 
and 
.
However, when we plug 
and 
back to the left side of the equation, 
in 
turns out to be less than , which is not acceptable for logarithms.
Therefore, the only solution is 
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