It is also possible that the equation in question is meant to be:
$$e^{-0.2x}-e^{-0.75x}=0.25$$
In this case there are two solutions as can be seen from the graph below:
These solutions can be obtained numerically. A simple iterative approach is to write the equation in the following form:
$$x_{n+1}=\frac{-1}{0.2}ln(0.25+e^{-0.75x_n})$$
Then let x0 = 1, say, and use the formula above to iterate several times. The result is:
x ≈ 6.812073
By rewriting the iteration formula as:
$$x_{n+1}=\frac{-1}{0.75}ln(e^{-0.2x_n}-0.25)$$
we can iterate to the other solution:
x ≈ 0.6023554654
How about with the site calculator?
$${{\mathtt{e}}}^{\left(-{\mathtt{0.2}}\right)}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{0.25}}{\mathtt{\,-\,}}{{\mathtt{e}}}^{\left(-{\mathtt{0.75}}\right)}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{0.25}} = {\mathtt{0.086\: \!591\: \!050\: \!084\: \!241\: \!8}}$$
I am not sure if this is actually what you meant - you must be careful to check the brackets are in the right place.
(It is what you asked i believe)
Maybe you meant this:
e^(-.2) x - e^(-.75) x = .25 ??
I'm going to assume so......So we have
0.8187307530779818 x - 0.4723665527410147 x = .25
0.3463642003369671 x = .25 So x = .25 / 0.3463642003369671 = 0.7217836016446927047
Chris thinks you meant
$$(e^{-0.2}\times x) - (e^{-0.75}\times x)=0.25$$
Yes, this probably is what you meant. Your title is missing a bracket so there is plenty of room for confusion!
I read in an extra x (without even realising) and Chris read in an extra bracket. I now see your main text does have the bracket!
It is also possible that the equation in question is meant to be:
$$e^{-0.2x}-e^{-0.75x}=0.25$$
In this case there are two solutions as can be seen from the graph below:
These solutions can be obtained numerically. A simple iterative approach is to write the equation in the following form:
$$x_{n+1}=\frac{-1}{0.2}ln(0.25+e^{-0.75x_n})$$
Then let x0 = 1, say, and use the formula above to iterate several times. The result is:
x ≈ 6.812073
By rewriting the iteration formula as:
$$x_{n+1}=\frac{-1}{0.75}ln(e^{-0.2x_n}-0.25)$$
we can iterate to the other solution:
x ≈ 0.6023554654