LINEAR EQUATION - Solve for x in the following equation.

Example 1:

Add

to both sides of the equation:

Divide both sides by

The answer is

Check the solution by substituting

or 2.80588370148 in the original equation for x. If the left side of
the equation equals the right side of the equation after the substitution, you have found the correct answer.
LINEAR EQUATION - Solve for x in the following equation.

Example 2:

Add

to both sides of the equation:

Divide both sides by

The answer is

Check the solution by substituting

or 1.87024209576 in the original equation for x. If the left side of
the equation equals the right side of the equation after the substitution, you have found the correct answer.

Example 1:.
Isolate the radical term

Raise both sides of the equation to the power 5.

The answer is x=1,034

Check the solution by substituting 1,034 in the original equation for x. If the left side of the equation equals the
right side of the equation after the substitution, you have found the correct answer.

Left side:
Right Side:

Since the left side of the original equation equals the right side of the original equation after you substitute
1,034 for x, then 1,034 is a solution.
You can also check your solution by graphing the function

The above function is formed by subtracting the right side of the original equation from the left side of the
original equation. The x-intercept of the graph is the solution to the original equation. As you can see, the xintercept is 1,034, verifying our solution.
cSolve for x in the following equation.
Example 1:

Either

or

Step 1:

Solve

Step 2:

Solve

There are 4 answers: the approximate answers are

exact answers are x = - 3 and 1.

Solve for x in the following equation.

Example 1:

and -1.73205080757, and the

Note that the domain of

zero or a negative number.

The exact value is

is the set of real numbers greater than zero because you cannot take the log of

and the approximate value

Solve for x in the following equation.

Example 1:

Note that the domain of

zero or a negative number

is the set of real numbers greater than zero because you cannot take the log of

Isolate the logarithmic term.

Convert the logarithmic equation to an exponential equation.

The exact answer is

and the approximate value