Question Number 68617 by Rio Michael last updated on 14/Sep/19
![find the value of p given that 3^p × 3^(−1) × 5 × 3^(p−1) = 2 × 3^4](https://www.tinkutara.com/question/Q68617.png)
$${find}\:{the}\:{value}\:{of}\:{p}\:{given}\:{that} \\ $$$$\mathrm{3}^{{p}} \:×\:\mathrm{3}^{−\mathrm{1}} \:×\:\mathrm{5}\:×\:\mathrm{3}^{{p}−\mathrm{1}} \:=\:\mathrm{2}\:×\:\mathrm{3}^{\mathrm{4}} \\ $$
Commented by Rasheed.Sindhi last updated on 14/Sep/19
![3^p × 3^(−1) × 5 × 3^(p−1) = 2 × 3^4 3^(p−1+p−1) ×5=2×3^4 3^(2p−6) =(2/5) log(3^(2p−6) )=log((2/5)) (2p−6)log 3=log 2−log 5 2p−6=((log 2−log 5)/(log 3)) p=(1/2){((log 2−log 5)/(log 3))+6} p=(1/2){((log 2−log 5+6log 3)/(log 3))} p=((log 2−log 5+6log 3)/(2log 3)) p=((log 2−log 5+log 3^6 )/(log 3^2 )) p=((log(2×3^6 ÷5))/(log 9))=((log(((1458)/5)))/(log 9))≈2.5830](https://www.tinkutara.com/question/Q68620.png)
$$\mathrm{3}^{{p}} \:×\:\mathrm{3}^{−\mathrm{1}} \:×\:\mathrm{5}\:×\:\mathrm{3}^{{p}−\mathrm{1}} \:=\:\mathrm{2}\:×\:\mathrm{3}^{\mathrm{4}} \\ $$$$\:\mathrm{3}^{\mathrm{p}−\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{p}−\mathrm{1}} ×\mathrm{5}=\mathrm{2}×\mathrm{3}^{\mathrm{4}} \\ $$$$\mathrm{3}^{\mathrm{2p}−\mathrm{6}} =\frac{\mathrm{2}}{\mathrm{5}} \\ $$$$\mathrm{log}\left(\mathrm{3}^{\mathrm{2p}−\mathrm{6}} \right)=\mathrm{log}\left(\frac{\mathrm{2}}{\mathrm{5}}\right) \\ $$$$\left(\mathrm{2p}−\mathrm{6}\right)\mathrm{log}\:\mathrm{3}=\mathrm{log}\:\mathrm{2}−\mathrm{log}\:\mathrm{5} \\ $$$$\mathrm{2p}−\mathrm{6}=\frac{\mathrm{log}\:\mathrm{2}−\mathrm{log}\:\mathrm{5}}{\mathrm{log}\:\mathrm{3}} \\ $$$$\mathrm{p}=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}\left\{\frac{\mathrm{log}\:\mathrm{2}−\mathrm{log}\:\mathrm{5}}{\mathrm{log}\:\mathrm{3}}+\mathrm{6}\right\} \\ $$$$\mathrm{p}=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}\left\{\frac{\mathrm{log}\:\mathrm{2}−\mathrm{log}\:\mathrm{5}+\mathrm{6log}\:\mathrm{3}}{\mathrm{log}\:\mathrm{3}}\right\} \\ $$$$\mathrm{p}=\frac{\mathrm{log}\:\mathrm{2}−\mathrm{log}\:\mathrm{5}+\mathrm{6log}\:\mathrm{3}}{\mathrm{2log}\:\mathrm{3}} \\ $$$$\mathrm{p}=\frac{\mathrm{log}\:\mathrm{2}−\mathrm{log}\:\mathrm{5}+\mathrm{log}\:\mathrm{3}^{\mathrm{6}} }{\mathrm{log}\:\mathrm{3}^{\mathrm{2}} } \\ $$$$\mathrm{p}=\frac{\mathrm{log}\left(\mathrm{2}×\mathrm{3}^{\mathrm{6}} \boldsymbol{\div}\mathrm{5}\right)}{\mathrm{log}\:\mathrm{9}}=\frac{\mathrm{log}\left(\frac{\mathrm{1458}}{\mathrm{5}}\right)}{\mathrm{log}\:\mathrm{9}}\approx\mathrm{2}.\mathrm{5830} \\ $$