Eric Nicholas K's answer to Rachel's Secondary 3 A Maths Singapore question.

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Eric Nicholas K
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We need to use rules of indices to extract 3^x. The substitution u = 3^x simplifies the equation, but eventually we have to solve for x, not just u.