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Dagonee
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How do you solve an equation of the form:

m^x = cx

where c and m are known constants?

Everything I do I end up with an x either in an exponent or in a logarithm.
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fugu13
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I think those're the best answers you're going to get unless the constants are pretty.
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Dagonee
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Well, darn.

I think I'll solve it numerically later. [Smile]
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El JT de Spang
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That's as simple as it's getting.
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Bob_Scopatz
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quote:
How do you solve an equation of the form:
I don't. My therapist says that I have this tendency to want to "solve things." I've learned to just let things like this equation be themselves and go unsolved.

Sometimes the equation just wants someone to listen, you know.
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Shigosei
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I solve equations like that with graphing calculators.
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imogen
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Yeah, a graph will do it.

It will be a nice exponential graph too. [Smile]
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Kwea
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Shoot me now.
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rivka
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If you like. Will a water pistol do?
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