Thread: Variables in Exponents

I've been having problems with this equation:



I know the answer but not a non-graphical way to solve it. The best I can get is



but can't seem to move all x to one side. Help would be appreciated!

Originally Posted by questrian

I've been having problems with this equation:



I know the answer but not a non-graphical way to solve it. The best I can get is



but can't seem to move all x to one side. Help would be appreciated!

you will not be able to use elementary algebraic techniques to solve this inequality, however, note (by observation) that if ,

it should be fairly obvious that the solution set for the given inequality is