How to solve exponential equations (from basic to hard!)

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  • How to solve exponential equations! Get the file & written solution on my Patreon: / solving-100756330
    This algebra/precalculus tutorial covers the common exponential equation problems you must know for your algebra 2 and precalculus classes. We will focus on getting the common base, using the common logarithm and the natural log to help us solve exponential equations. We will also cover some exponential equations with different bases and factor a quadratic trinomial. Subscribe to ‪@bprpmathbasics‬ for more algebra tutorials.
    0:00 How to solve exponential equations (from basic to difficult)
    0:09 Q1. Solve 2^(3x+1)=32
    1:39 Q2. Solve 27^x=9^(2x-3)
    4:13 Q3. Solve 5^(x^2+3x-4)=1
    6:08 Q4. Solve (sqrt(2))^(x+4)=1/8
    8:37 Q5. Solve 5^x=2
    12:18 Q6. Solve 20e^(3x-2)=1200
    15:19 Q7. Solve 3^(x-2)=5^(x+4)
    20:50 Q8. Solve 7^(2x-1)=2^(4x+3)
    Another way for Q8: • How to solve an expone...
    24:56 Q9. Solve e^(2x)+e^x-6=0
    28:22 Q10. Solve 2^x+3*2^(-x)=4
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 62

  • @albertoesquivias6073
    @albertoesquivias6073 3 місяці тому +31

    Please do more of these "how to solve" type of videos and I hope it becomes a series, it was really easy to follow

    • @bprpmathbasics
      @bprpmathbasics  3 місяці тому +17

      I plan to. Glad to hear they are helpful! Thanks.

    • @kingsan3162
      @kingsan3162 Місяць тому

      @@bprpmathbasics Hello,thank you so much and i consider you a teacher of mine even though i never met you live.
      But i wanna ask you if you can do 2 examples of 1 equation.
      Becuase in that case it helps anyone see the bigger picture.

  • @TerraBlo
    @TerraBlo 3 місяці тому +25

    12:20
    I love how he shows these random bloopers

    • @lotaniq4449
      @lotaniq4449 3 місяці тому +1

      its an accident lol

    • @TerraBlo
      @TerraBlo 3 місяці тому

      @@lotaniq4449 he does it quite a lot

    • @TerraBlo
      @TerraBlo 3 місяці тому

      @@lotaniq4449 he did mean it he puts it on some other videos sometimes

  • @euloge996
    @euloge996 3 місяці тому +18

    12:19 lazy editing😂
    love you bro

  • @fireball54110
    @fireball54110 3 місяці тому +61

    -okay, number 6-

    • @nicholaslama6670
      @nicholaslama6670 3 місяці тому +15

      Bro, I got so confused, I thought I was having some recurring déjà vu's

    • @idontcareforthis
      @idontcareforthis 3 місяці тому

      @@nicholaslama6670No déjà-vu for me, but I was on the verge of cursing at my phone for glitching.

    • @charg1nmalaz0r51
      @charg1nmalaz0r51 2 місяці тому +5

      @@nicholaslama6670 got stuck in the worst version of groundhog day 🤣

  • @sankaranbs4024
    @sankaranbs4024 3 місяці тому +19

    I thought, I have I Internet problem with 'Okay, number 6 what's e though'

  • @epicstar86
    @epicstar86 3 місяці тому +6

    for question 6 I used exponential properties before logarithmic ones

  • @pedrogarcia8706
    @pedrogarcia8706 3 місяці тому +8

    11:15 you can also use ln(pos)/ln(b). most calculators with have natural log in addition to log base 10.

    • @ronaldjensen2948
      @ronaldjensen2948 3 місяці тому

      For me this was more intuitive. we just go from x ln(5) = ln(2) to x = ln(2)/ln(5)

    • @Erlewyn
      @Erlewyn 3 місяці тому

      That's actually how I was taught 20+ years ago, in high school in France. I don't think you even learn about different bases log before college here.

  • @barryspindler8342
    @barryspindler8342 Місяць тому

    excellent job and done at the right pace. I like your work.

  • @suchaluch5615
    @suchaluch5615 3 місяці тому +1

    Great presentation!
    Thanks

  • @georgina4874
    @georgina4874 3 місяці тому

    Fantastic review! 🙏🏽👏🏽

  • @ghostkiller4071
    @ghostkiller4071 3 місяці тому +2

    Thanks for everything

    • @penguin9257
      @penguin9257 3 місяці тому

      This sounds concerning

  • @TheZmoliver
    @TheZmoliver Місяць тому

    You take the stress out of math, man. Thank you!

  • @Fenamer
    @Fenamer 3 місяці тому +2

    Can you make more ''How to solve' videos? I think these videos are easy to follow through, and I want more so I can learn bits of precalc and calc.

  • @DrTWG
    @DrTWG Місяць тому

    You are teaching a lot of people some great maths skills .

  • @leonardobarrera2816
    @leonardobarrera2816 3 місяці тому +1

    Exponential equations are so easy that I have never saw on my college and I can solve all of them!!!

  • @Gremriel
    @Gremriel 3 місяці тому +1

    Most of what you talk about goes over my head, but occasionally I learn something.

  • @user-gn6lz5pn8d
    @user-gn6lz5pn8d 3 місяці тому

    Question 7:
    3^(x-2) = 5^(x+4)
    (3/5)^x = 5^4 * 3^2
    x = log(5^4 * 3^2)/log(3/5)
    Question 8:
    7^(2x-1) = 2^(4x+3)
    (7/4)^(2x) = 2^3 * 7
    2x = log(2^3 * 7)/log(7/4)

  • @cdkw8254
    @cdkw8254 3 місяці тому

    Where is the 25 find the range of function questions? You said you would upload that in your 25 trig questions video.

  • @GirishManjunathMusic
    @GirishManjunathMusic 3 місяці тому +2

    Before watching the video:
    Question 1:
    2↑(3x + 1) = 32
    We know that 32 = 2⁵
    2↑(3x + 1) = 2⁵
    Comparing like terms:
    3x + 1 = 5
    3x = 4
    x = 0.75.
    Question 2:
    27↑x = 9↑(2x - 3)
    27 = 3³ and 9 = 3²:
    3↑3x = 3↑(4x - 6)
    Comparing like:
    3x = 4x - 6
    x = 6.
    Question 3:
    5↑(x² + 3x - 4) = 1
    But 5⁰ = 1:
    5↑(x² + 3x - 4) = 5⁰
    Comparing like:
    x² + 3x - 4 = 0
    x² + 4x - x - 4 = 0
    (x + 4)(x - 1) = 0
    x = -4, x = 1.
    Question 4:
    (√2)↑(x + 4) = ⅛
    But ⅛ = 8↑(-1), 8 = 2² and √2 = 2↑½:
    2↑(½x + 2) = 2↑(-3)
    Comparing like:
    ½x + 2 = - 3
    ½x = -5
    x = -10.
    Question 5:
    5↑x = 2
    xln5 = ln2
    x = ln2/ln5.
    Question 6:
    20e↑(3x - 2) = 1200
    e↑(3x - 2) = 60
    3x - 2 = ln(60)
    x = ⅓(ln(60) + 2).
    Question 7:
    3↑(x - 2) = 5↑(x + 4)
    (x - 2)ln3 = (x + 4)ln5
    xln3 - 2ln3 = xln5 + 4ln5
    x(ln3 - ln5) = 2ln3 + 4ln5
    x = (2ln(3) + 4ln(5))/(ln(3) - ln(5)).
    Question 8:
    7↑(2x - 1) = 2↑(4x + 3)
    (2x - 1)ln7 = (4x + 3)ln2
    2xln7 - ln7 = 4xln2 + 3ln2
    x(2ln7 - 4ln2) = (3ln2 + ln7)
    x = (3ln2 + ln7)/(2ln7 - 4ln2).
    Question 9:
    e↑2x + e↑x - 6 = 0:
    Setting e↑x = t → e↑2x = t²:
    t² + t - 6 = 0
    t² + 3t - 2t - 6 = 0
    (t + 3)(t - 2) = 0
    t = -3 or t = 2
    But as t = e↑x; t > 0:
    t = 2 → e↑x = 2
    x = ln2.
    Question 10:
    2↑x + 3·2↑(-x) = 4
    Setting 2↑x = t → 2↑(-x) = 1/t:
    t + 3/t = 4
    t - 4t + 3 = 0
    t - 3t - t + 3 = 0
    (t - 1)(t - 3) = 0
    t = 1 or t = 3.
    But t = 2↑x:
    Case 1: t = 1:
    2↑x = 1
    x = 0.
    Case 2: t = 3:
    2↑x = 3
    xln2 = ln3
    x = ln(3)/ln(2).

    • @Apollorion
      @Apollorion 3 місяці тому

      I think you made a pair of typo's in Question 10; after multiplying the whole equation with t, t does not turn into t² whereas it should and is also processed as.

    • @GirishManjunathMusic
      @GirishManjunathMusic 3 місяці тому

      @@Apollorion so I have! The radical must not have entered properly, I'm typing these on the phone keyboard, so those radicals are sometimes difficult to enter!

    • @Apollorion
      @Apollorion 3 місяці тому

      @@GirishManjunathMusicWell, bless UA-cam. /s
      If I made a 'mistake' from the perspective of the 'algorithm' then I want to know how/why and not a brutal disappearance without explanation; I want to learn from my mistakes to avoid to repeat them.
      P.S.
      b.t.w. you might help yourself with copy & paste or describing t squared with other symbols e.g. t^2 or tt.

    • @thewendigo9263
      @thewendigo9263 2 місяці тому +1

      You made a mistake on question one. X is 1.33

    • @Apollorion
      @Apollorion 2 місяці тому

      @@thewendigo9263I agree with the mistake you seem to notice (i.e. 3x=4 => x=4/3) but not with the alternate solution you propose i.e. 1.33
      _It is more accurate but still not correct_ . The correct solution in expressed in decimals would finish with an infinite amount of 3s after the dot, not just two.

  • @axn_anime
    @axn_anime 8 днів тому

    Can you please do one for trigonometry 🥺❤️

  • @klmcwhirter
    @klmcwhirter 3 місяці тому +1

    Love the video.
    But I saw you miss this a couple of times now.
    The reason the exponential property of same bases works is because if you take the log of both sides they cancel. _Note I saw you covered this later, but it would be helpful to explain in problem 1._
    2^(3X+1) = 2^5
    log₂ 2^(3X+1) = log₂ 2^5 (how do I do strikeout in a comment?)
    Which leaves you with ...
    3X+1 = 5
    Heads up - that extra explanation will make things clearer for some students.
    Great job though. I love your videos!

    • @cheeseplated
      @cheeseplated 3 місяці тому

      -for strikethrough- put - on either end of the text
      _for italics_ it's _
      *for bold* it's *
      *_-and you can combine them-_*

    • @bprpmathbasics
      @bprpmathbasics  3 місяці тому

      Thank you!

    • @Apollorion
      @Apollorion 3 місяці тому

      The reason that that 'exponential property of same bases' works is that:
      A: the base is bigger than 0 as well as well unequal to 1
      and
      B: if y=a^x and z=dy/dx then z is unequal to 0 and has a constant sign (i.e. d( z/|z| )/dx = 0 no matter the value of x) which implies that for an increase in x, y is always bigger (for a>1) or smaller (for a

  • @user-mp7cd6ro6l
    @user-mp7cd6ro6l 2 місяці тому

    i am promoted to class 10th 2 months ago and i solved all. I cant believe it.

  • @fullc0de
    @fullc0de 3 місяці тому +1

    @4:46 OMG, I know that 5^0 = 1. How did I not see that I needed to use that when I tried the problem before I watched you solve it?????

    • @darranrowe174
      @darranrowe174 3 місяці тому +1

      Sometimes these facts are so simple, we miss them.
      When I was younger, I know I often saw equality as a one way thing so I could apply it one way but never thought about applying it the other. This is why videos like this can be good. It makes you think of things in ways you never thought of before.

    • @fullc0de
      @fullc0de 3 місяці тому

      @@darranrowe174 When you do make the connection and see how the puzzle piece fits, it's such a great feeling, no matter how simple the insight is! When you don't, it's a total Homer Simpson '"D'oh!" moment! The drama of math.

  • @DominickRiesland
    @DominickRiesland 2 місяці тому +2

    What do you do when the teacher tells you to express the answer to #7 and #8 as a single logarithmic function? 😂

    • @bprpmathbasics
      @bprpmathbasics  2 місяці тому +1

      Show them this video: ua-cam.com/video/WVGZbO0esOM/v-deo.html
      : )

  • @euloge996
    @euloge996 3 місяці тому +1

    i love you brro

  • @SuperTommox
    @SuperTommox 3 місяці тому +1

    Can you solve log(x)=x?

    • @cdkw8254
      @cdkw8254 3 місяці тому

      e^x

    • @cpu_1292
      @cpu_1292 3 місяці тому

      You raise x by both sides to get x^log(x) = x^x
      The log and the x cancels out so you get x = x^x
      x has to be one because 1 = 1^1
      Edit: I made a mistake, there is no real solution
      Edit2: here is the real solution
      Raise 10 by both sides and get 10^log(x) = 10^x
      The 10 and the log cancel out to get x = 10^x so there is no real solution

    • @smokeless-flame2025
      @smokeless-flame2025 3 місяці тому +1

      @@cpu_1292 i think thats wrong bc log(1)=0 [10^0=1]

    • @smokeless-flame2025
      @smokeless-flame2025 3 місяці тому +1

      no real solutions

    • @xinpingdonohoe3978
      @xinpingdonohoe3978 3 місяці тому +1

      Not in the real plane. This can be shown by knowing ln(x)=x is the same as x=e^x.
      x2>1 means e^x>2^x, so e^x>x, so x>ln(x).

  • @Robin-Dabank696
    @Robin-Dabank696 3 місяці тому +2

    Can you please upload more on your main channel? I miss the exciting content on that channel

  • @rangga2397
    @rangga2397 2 місяці тому

    5:16 i factor (x-3) (x-1) am i wrong?

    • @zilovesmaths
      @zilovesmaths 2 місяці тому +1

      Ah you've done it the other way around
      To factor it you need 2 numbers that multiply to give c (-4)
      And they need to add to give b (+3)
      You've got 2 numbers that multiply for b and add for c haha
      So if you expand (x-3)(x-1)
      That gives x²-4x+3 instead of x²+3x-4

  • @kloneo
    @kloneo Місяць тому +1

    It would be nice if people could download a questions sheet of the shown equations but with the numbers changed. To think at home and rewatch your explanation to complete the question. Make a +2 a +5. Something like that for the video questions. The next video give the answers as a 2 sec show frame before the new vid. Mayby win something, Or on patreon or something.

  • @user-jg8do9ov9o
    @user-jg8do9ov9o 3 місяці тому

    ~I Found All Of Them Ez

  • @donwald3436
    @donwald3436 3 місяці тому

    and as always that's it lol.