Answer:
x = 2.32011574011
Step-by-step explanation:
The problem with your original equation is that it is a long way of saying ...
log(x) -log(x) -1 = 2log(x-1)
0 -1 = 2log(x-1)
which has the solution ...
-1/2 = log(x -1)
1/√10 = x -1
x = 1 + 1/√10 ≈ 1.3162278
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We have asked for clarification, and what we got was ...
[tex]\log{(x)}-\log{(x-1^2)}=2\log{(x-1)}[/tex]
which, again, is a long way of saying ...
[tex]\log{(x)}-\log{(x-1)}=2\log{(x-1)}[/tex]
The other reasonable interpretation of your 'clarified' equation is ...
[tex]\log{(x)}-\log{((x-1)^2)}=2\log{(x-1)}[/tex]
which you already have an answer to. You have declared that a "misconception."
So, we are left with the interpretation that the equation you want a solution to is ...
[tex]\log{(x)}-\log{(x-1)}=2\log{(x-1)}[/tex]
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When solving these graphically, I like to write the equation as a function whose zero(s) we're trying to find. For this, when we subtract the right side, we get ...
[tex]f(x)=\log{(x)}-3\log{(x-1)}[/tex]
A graphing calculator shows that f(x) = 0 when ...
x ≈ 2.32011574011
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If you don't like my interpretation, check out the second attachment. It has your x-1² as the argument of the middle term. You can see that the calculator interpreted that the same way I did (as required by the order of operations).
