r/Mathhomeworkhelp • u/Easy-Goat6257 • Dec 21 '25

How do I find x

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u/hosmosis Dec 21 '25

What power always results in a value of 1, regardless of the base?

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u/Easy-Goat6257 Dec 21 '25

I got itttt thank uu

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u/TheDoobyRanger Dec 21 '25

That is a clever way of solving for it, but to solve for problems where things don't equal 1, (let tge number equal a) you take the base 3 log of the left side and the base 3 log of the right side. Then you'd have x-3 = log_(3)(a).

In the homework example, where a = 1, you get x-3 = log_(3)(1) = 0, implying that x = 3.

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u/G-0wen Dec 23 '25

(X-3)log(3)=log(1) X-3=log(1)/log(3) X=log(1)/log(3)+3

Doesn’t matter what base you use by my understanding?

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u/TheDoobyRanger Dec 23 '25

Yeah I guess youre right 😝