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Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
 
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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Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
 
I think those're the best answers you're going to get unless the constants are pretty.
 

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Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
 
Well, darn.

I think I'll solve it numerically later.
 

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Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
 
That's as simple as it's getting.
 

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Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
 

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How do you solve an equation of the form:

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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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Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
 
I solve equations like that with graphing calculators.
 

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Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
 
Yeah, a graph will do it.

It will be a nice exponential graph too.
 

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Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
 
Shoot me now.
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
If you like. Will a water pistol do?
 

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