A few days ago
Anonymous

Maths problem: find x?

16^x – 12(4^x) + 32 = 0

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A few days ago
nikred

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trust me the second answer is wrong……he got lucky becos the answer is 1. the right approach is write 16^x as 4^2x or (4^x)^2,

(4^x)^2-12(4^x)+32=0

then u substitute 4^x as lets say y

then we have y^2-12y+32=0

now solve it y^2-8y-4y+32=0

y(y-8)-4(y-8)=0

(y-8)(y-4)=0

Y=4 or 8

therefore asy=4^x=4 or 8

4^x=4, x=1

or

4^x=8

take log on both sides

log 4^x=log 8

xlog4=log8

x=log8/log4=1.5

therefore x=1 and 1.5

u can check it if you want to

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A few days ago
antoniacaraveteanu
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A few days ago
htv33
First you need to do some simplifying:

16^x – 12(4^x) + 32 =0 would be….

16^x – 48^x + 32 =0 which simplifies to….

-32^x + 32 =0 which leads us to ….

x = 1 becasue -32 + 32 is 0

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