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C2 Exponential Graph and Log question

I am really stuck on 5c and i have got the mark scheme but I dont understand it . any help would be appreciated
Reply 1
Original post by D_Breezy
I am really stuck on 5c and i have got the mark scheme but I dont understand it . any help would be appreciated


Which bit don't you undertstand?

We can write (13)x=13x\left(\frac{1}{3} \right)^x = \frac{1}{3^x}, so if we equate the two equations we have 13x=23x\frac{1}{3^x} = 2 3^x

Multiply both sides by the denominator of the LHS:

1=3x×2×3x1 = 3^x \times 2 \times 3^x but you know what the same thing multiplied by itself is, don't you? It's a square. So:

1=2×(3x)21 = 2 \times (3^x)^2. Now divide both sides by 2:

12=(3x)2\frac{1}{2} = (3^x)^2. Now take the square root:

±12=3x\pm \sqrt{\frac{1}{2}} = 3^x. reject the negative value because exponentials are always positive.

SO 3x=1/23^x = \sqrt{1/2}. Take logarithms to solve: xln3=ln1/2x \ln 3 = \ln \sqrt{1/2}. Isolate xx.
Reply 2
Original post by Zacken
Which bit don't you undertstand?

We can write (13)x=13x\left(\frac{1}{3} \right)^x = \frac{1}{3^x}, so if we equate the two equations we have 13x=23x\frac{1}{3^x} = 2 3^x

Multiply both sides by the denominator of the LHS:

1=3x×2×3x1 = 3^x \times 2 \times 3^x but you know what the same thing multiplied by itself is, don't you? It's a square. So:

1=2×(3x)21 = 2 \times (3^x)^2. Now divide both sides by 2:

12=(3x)2\frac{1}{2} = (3^x)^2. Now take the square root:

±12=3x\pm \sqrt{\frac{1}{2}} = 3^x. reject the negative value because exponentials are always positive.

SO 3x=1/23^x = \sqrt{1/2}. Take logarithms to solve: xln3=ln1/2x \ln 3 = \ln \sqrt{1/2}. Isolate xx.

hey thanks i just forgot
. thank you !
Reply 3
Original post by D_Breezy
hey thanks i just forgot
. thank you !


Yep, just remember that (ab)c=acbc\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)^c = \frac{a^c}{b^c} and that in this case, ac=1c=1a^c = 1^c = 1 since one to the power of anything is 1.
Reply 4
(1/3)^x =2(3)^x
1/3=3^(-1)
thus (3)^(-x)=2(3)^x
multiplied by (3)^x on both sides
then 1= 2(3)^(2x)
(3)^(2x)=1/2
2x=lg(1/2)/lg(3)
x=1/2lg(1/2)/lg(3)
using the calculator,x=-0.32
then substitute x= 1/2lg(1/2)/lg(3)into y=(1/3)^x,1/2lg(1/2)/lg(3)=1/2log3(1/2)=log3(square root of 1/2)
then y= (1/3)^x= 3^(-x)=3^(-log3(square root of 1/2)=3^log3(square root of 2)=root 2


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Reply 5
what exam board do you do?
Reply 6
Looks like an Edexcel question.

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