If $\log_x(4x^{\log_5x}+5)=2\log_5x$, then find the value of $x$
I could proceed thus:
$$\log_x(4x^{\log_5x}+5)=2\log_5x$$ $$\therefore \log_5(4x^{\log_5x}+5)=2(\log_5x)^2$$
Now, I don't know how to simplify this.
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Let $x=5^y\implies \log_5x=y$
Using $\displaystyle\log_ab=\frac{\log b}{\log a}\implies \log_x(4x^{\log_5x}+5)=\frac{\log(4x^{\log_5x}+5)}{\log x}$
$$\implies\frac{\log (4\cdot( 5^y)^y+5)}{\log (5^y)}=2y$$
Using $ m\log b=\log b^m $ ( if $ \log b$ exists) in the Right Hand Side,
$$\implies\log (4\cdot( 5^y)^y+5)=2y\log (5^y)=\log(5^y)^{2y}$$
Using $\displaystyle\log a=\log b\iff a=b$ for positive real $a,b$
$$\implies 4\cdot5^{y^2}+5 =(5)^{2y^2}=(5^{y^2})^2$$
Setting $\displaystyle5^{(y^2)}=z,$ we have $\displaystyle z^2-4z-5=0$
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1It should be $z^2-4z-5=0$. Solving, we get $x=5,\frac15$ – Tejas Dec 25 '13 at 04:09
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@TejasAdsul, thanks for your observation. But the roots of $z^2-4z-5=0$ are $5,-1$ – lab bhattacharjee Dec 25 '13 at 04:15
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Yes. But they are the solutions of $z$. From $z$, we will find $y$, which will be $1,-1$. And then $x$. – Tejas Dec 25 '13 at 04:16
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1@TejasAdsul, Right. If $z=-1, 5^{(y^2)}=-1$ which leads to non-real solutions – lab bhattacharjee Dec 25 '13 at 04:20