2e:["$","li","1",{"className":"flex items-start gap-3","children":[["$","span",null,{"className":"mt-0.5 flex h-5 w-5 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-md bg-surface-sunken font-mono text-[11px] text-ink-400","children":2}],["$","div",null,{"className":"min-w-0 max-w-[68ch] flex-1 text-[15px] leading-relaxed text-ink-600 [&_.katex-display]:my-3 [&_.katex-display]:overflow-x-auto","dangerouslySetInnerHTML":{"__html":"For three numbers to be in an arithmetic progression, the middle term must be the average of the other two terms. Therefore, we can write:"}}]]}] 39:T13c7,

\frac{4^{1+x} + 4^{1-x} + 16^x + 16^{-x}}{2} = \frac{K}{2}

2f:["$","li","2",{"className":"flex items-start gap-3","children":[["$","span",null,{"className":"mt-0.5 flex h-5 w-5 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-md bg-surface-sunken font-mono text-[11px] text-ink-400","children":3}],["$","div",null,{"className":"min-w-0 max-w-[68ch] flex-1 text-[15px] leading-relaxed text-ink-600 [&_.katex-display]:my-3 [&_.katex-display]:overflow-x-auto","dangerouslySetInnerHTML":{"__html":"$39"}}]]}] 30:["$","li","3",{"className":"flex items-start gap-3","children":[["$","span",null,{"className":"mt-0.5 flex h-5 w-5 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-md bg-surface-sunken font-mono text-[11px] text-ink-400","children":4}],["$","div",null,{"className":"min-w-0 max-w-[68ch] flex-1 text-[15px] leading-relaxed text-ink-600 [&_.katex-display]:my-3 [&_.katex-display]:overflow-x-auto","dangerouslySetInnerHTML":{"__html":"First, simplify each term individually:"}}]]}] 3a:T72f,1. Consider

4^{1+x} + 4^{1-x}

:31:["$","li","4",{"className":"flex items-start gap-3","children":[["$","span",null,{"className":"mt-0.5 flex h-5 w-5 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-md bg-surface-sunken font-mono text-[11px] text-ink-400","children":5}],["$","div",null,{"className":"min-w-0 max-w-[68ch] flex-1 text-[15px] leading-relaxed text-ink-600 [&_.katex-display]:my-3 [&_.katex-display]:overflow-x-auto","dangerouslySetInnerHTML":{"__html":"$3a"}}]]}] 3b:T15e2,

4^{1+x} = 4 \cdot 4^x = 4 \cdot (2^2)^x = 4 \cdot 2^{2x} = 4 \cdot 2^{2x}

32:["$","li","5",{"className":"flex items-start gap-3","children":[["$","span",null,{"className":"mt-0.5 flex h-5 w-5 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-md bg-surface-sunken font-mono text-[11px] text-ink-400","children":6}],["$","div",null,{"className":"min-w-0 max-w-[68ch] flex-1 text-[15px] leading-relaxed text-ink-600 [&_.katex-display]:my-3 [&_.katex-display]:overflow-x-auto","dangerouslySetInnerHTML":{"__html":"$3b"}}]]}] 33:["$","li","6",{"className":"flex items-start gap-3","children":[["$","span",null,{"className":"mt-0.5 flex h-5 w-5 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-md bg-surface-sunken font-mono text-[11px] text-ink-400","children":7}],["$","div",null,{"className":"min-w-0 max-w-[68ch] flex-1 text-[15px] leading-relaxed text-ink-600 [&_.katex-display]:my-3 [&_.katex-display]:overflow-x-auto","dangerouslySetInnerHTML":{"__html":"and"}}]]}] 3c:T170a,

4^{1-x} = 4 \cdot 4^{-x} = 4 \cdot (2^2)^{-x} = 4 \cdot 2^{-2x} = 4 \cdot 2^{-2x}

34:["$","li","7",{"className":"flex items-start gap-3","children":[["$","span",null,{"className":"mt-0.5 flex h-5 w-5 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-md bg-surface-sunken font-mono text-[11px] text-ink-400","children":8}],["$","div",null,{"className":"min-w-0 max-w-[68ch] flex-1 text-[15px] leading-relaxed text-ink-600 [&_.katex-display]:my-3 [&_.katex-display]:overflow-x-auto","dangerouslySetInnerHTML":{"__html":"$3c"}}]]}] 35:["$","li","8",{"className":"flex items-start gap-3","children":[["$","span",null,{"className":"mt-0.5 flex h-5 w-5 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-md bg-surface-sunken font-mono text-[11px] text-ink-400","children":9}],["$","div",null,{"className":"min-w-0 max-w-[68ch] flex-1 text-[15px] leading-relaxed text-ink-600 [&_.katex-display]:my-3 [&_.katex-display]:overflow-x-auto","dangerouslySetInnerHTML":{"__html":"Thus,"}}]]}] 3d:T16d6,

4^{1+x} + 4^{1-x} = 4 \cdot 2^{2x} + 4 \cdot 2^{-2x} = 4(2^{2x} + 2^{-2x})

36:["$","li","9",{"className":"flex items-start gap-3","children":[["$","span",null,{"className":"mt-0.5 flex h-5 w-5 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-md bg-surface-sunken font-mono text-[11px] text-ink-400","children":10}],["$","div",null,{"className":"min-w-0 max-w-[68ch] flex-1 text-[15px] leading-relaxed text-ink-600 [&_.katex-display]:my-3 [&_.katex-display]:overflow-x-auto","dangerouslySetInnerHTML":{"__html":"$3d"}}]]}] 3e:T6b2,2. Consider

16^x + 16^{-x}

:37:["$","li","10",{"className":"flex items-start gap-3","children":[["$","span",null,{"className":"mt-0.5 flex h-5 w-5 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-md bg-surface-sunken font-mono text-[11px] text-ink-400","children":11}],["$","div",null,{"className":"min-w-0 max-w-[68ch] flex-1 text-[15px] leading-relaxed text-ink-600 [&_.katex-display]:my-3 [&_.katex-display]:overflow-x-auto","dangerouslySetInnerHTML":{"__html":"$3e"}}]]}] 3f:Tb26,

16^x = (2^4)^x = 2^{4x}

38:["$","li","11",{"className":"flex items-start gap-3","children":[["$","span",null,{"className":"mt-0.5 flex h-5 w-5 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-md bg-surface-sunken font-mono text-[11px] text-ink-400","children":12}],["$","div",null,{"className":"min-w-0 max-w-[68ch] flex-1 text-[15px] leading-relaxed text-ink-600 [&_.katex-display]:my-3 [&_.katex-display]:overflow-x-auto","dangerouslySetInnerHTML":{"__html":"$3f"}}]]}]

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