Skip to content

A student is trying to solve the equation

2×32x+1=10

Here is the student's working:

2×32x+1=10log(2×32x+1)=log(10)(2x+1)log(2×3)=12x+1=1log(6)x=12(1log(6)1)
  1. Explain the student's mistake.

  2. Give the correct answer to 3 significant figures.


The error occurs going from line 2 to line 3 in the working.