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Can somebody please answer my two unanswered questions from before? Thank you! New question!

 

Find a/b when 2log(a-2b)=log a + log b.

 Aug 12, 2016
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Find a/b when 2log(a-2b)=log a + log b.

 

We have

 

2log (a - 2b)   =  log (a * b)

 

log (a - 2b)^2  = log (a * b)

 

Then......this implies that

 

(a - 2b)^2  = ab

 

a^2 - 4ab + 4b^2  =  ab

 

a^2 - 5ab + 4b^2 = 0

 

Factor

 

(a - 4b) (a - b)  = 0

 

The....setting both factors to 0 and solving

 

a =  4b  →  a/b  = 4

 

And 

 

a = b

 

a/b = 1

 

The first solution is good whenever a > 0

 

The second solution is good whenever a < 0

 

 

 

 

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 Aug 12, 2016

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