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Originally posted by sensorium You might be the best note taker ever.

No, but I don't take classes in English, smartass. They're called "Exponentiallagar" here, which directly translates to "Exponential Laws"

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Originally posted by PaperBag831 make the whole thing equal zero, so you just add a -1 to the equation. now put it in your calculator in the Y= part, and it'll form a graph. wherever that graph crosses that x-axis, thats your answer

The thing is, we can't use graph calculators. It'd be easy with one, yes... but we have to do it manually.

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Originally posted by PaperBag831 MADD = mathematicians against drunk deriving. dont drink and derive!

omg... that joke was lame as cheese

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(3^x) - (2) * (3^(1-x)) = 1

3^x * 3^(1-x) = 3

"3" is a like base.
figure the rest.



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whoops. that's going to give you 0.
open a textbook. it's a lot better for you.

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Are you sure it works like that?

(hint: no)

EDIT: Oh, you noticed it yourself. Ah well, there aren't any examples of this in my books either. I'd better just concentrate on the other stuff.

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Originally posted by Marc Summers omg... that joke was lame as cheese

its on a poster in the front of my math room

turn 3^x into log

I'm sure this will help you out somehow.

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Originally posted by Yan I'm sure this will help you out somehow.

It's not about derivatives.

However, I found an entry on Exponents too, which COULD be of use.

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Divide both sides by 3^(1-x),
this gives you 3^(2x-1) - 2 = 3^(x-1).

Rearrange to get (1/3)*3^2x - (1/3)*3^x - 2 = 0

Let y = 3^x, then solve as a regular quadratic equation.

This gives you y = -2, 3

3 = 3^x , so x = 1.

3^x - 6/3^x - 1 = 0
3^x - 2/1^x - 1 = 0 (1^x)
3^x^2 - 2 - 1^x = 0
3^x^2 - 1^x - 2 = 0
(3^x + 2)(1^x - 1) = 0

3^x = -2 1^x = 1

I forgot.

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