We'll impose costraints of existence of
logarithms:
x^3>0 =>
x>0
10x>0 =>
x>0
We'll solve the equation adding log 10x both
sides:
log x^3 = log 10x + log
10^5
We'll apply the product rule of
logarithms:
log x^3 = log
x*10^6
Since the bases are matching, we'll apply one to one
rule:
x^3 = x*10^6
We'll
subtract 10^6x both sides:
x^3 - 10^6*x =
0
We'll factorize by x:
x(x^2
- 10^6) = 0
We'll set each factor as
zero:
x = 0
We'll reject this
answer since x>0.
x^2 - 10^6 =
0
We'll re-write the difference of
squares:
(x - 1000)(x + 1000) =
0
We'll set each factor as
zero;
x - 1000 = 0
x =
1000
x + 1000 = 0
x =
-1000
Since this answer is negative, we'll reject it,
too.
The only valid solution of the equation
is x = 1000.
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