Q. The roots of the equation $2^{x + 2}3^{3x/(x - 1)} = 9$ are given by

A) $1 - \log_{2}{3,\ 2}$
B) ${log_{2}}{\left( \frac{2}{3} \right),\ 1}$
C) $2, - 2$
D) $- 2,\ 1 - \frac{log3}{log2}$
Explanation

(d)
We have, $2^{x + 2}3^{3x/(x - 1)} = 9$
Taking log on both sides, we get
$(x + 2)\log{2 + \left( \ \frac{3x}{x - 1} \right)\log{3 = 2\log 3}}$
$\Rightarrow \ (x + 2)\left( \log{2 + \frac{1}{x - 1}\log 3} \right) = 0$
$\Rightarrow x = - 2\ or\ \frac{1}{1 - x} = \frac{\log 2}{\log 3}$
$\Rightarrow 1 - x = \frac{\log 3}{\log 2}$
$\Rightarrow x = 1 - \frac{\log 3}{\log 2}$

Dr. Abubacker
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