2^x=x^2
2 to the power X equals x to the power 2
I have found a solution i.e 2 instantly but I found many answers so I operated by log which confused me
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2^x=x^2
2 to the power X equals x to the power 2
I have found a solution i.e 2 instantly but I found many answers so I operated by log which confused me
I'm not sure how you found "many answers" - I believe there are 3.
For positive values of x you can do this:
If you plotyou'll see that f(x) equals
at only two points, those being x = 2 and x=4. To prove that there are the only two solutions - if you find the derivative of this function you'll see that it equals zero only at x = e, so there can be at most two points where it equals
. Hence there are only two solutions for positive values of x.
For negative values of x we can let y = -x, and then a similar approach yields
which has a solution at around y = 0.7667, so x = -0.7667 is the third solution. As a check - below is a plot ofand
and you can see the three points where the functions cross.
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