3f:T749,

y^2 - 16y + 48 = 0

34:["$","li","1",{"className":"flex items-start gap-3","children":[["$","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":"$3f"}}]]}] 35:["$","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":"Now, we have a quadratic equation in

y

. To find the roots of this quadratic equation, we can use the quadratic formula:"}}]]}] 40:Tf41,

y = \frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4ac}}{2a}

36:["$","li","3",{"className":"flex items-start gap-3","children":[["$","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":"$40"}}]]}] 41:T92e,In this case,

a = 1

b = -16

, and

c = 48

. Substituting these values into the formula, we get:37:["$","li","4",{"className":"flex items-start gap-3","children":[["$","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":"$41"}}]]}] 42:Tcec,

y = \frac{16 \pm \sqrt{256 - 192}}{2}

38:["$","li","5",{"className":"flex items-start gap-3","children":[["$","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":"$42"}}]]}] 43:Tc0e,

y = \frac{16 \pm \sqrt{64}}{2}

39:["$","li","6",{"className":"flex items-start gap-3","children":[["$","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":"$43"}}]]}] 44:T72e,

y = \frac{16 \pm 8}{2}

3a:["$","li","7",{"className":"flex items-start gap-3","children":[["$","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":"$44"}}]]}] 3b:["$","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":"Solving for the two possible values of

y

, we have:"}}]]}] 45:T84b,

y = \frac{16 + 8}{2} = 12

3c:["$","li","9",{"className":"flex items-start gap-3","children":[["$","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":"$45"}}]]}] 46:T84c,

y = \frac{16 - 8}{2} = 4

3d:["$","li","10",{"className":"flex items-start gap-3","children":[["$","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":"$46"}}]]}] 47:Td5d,Now, recall that we substituted

y = (8)^x

. So, we need to solve for

x

when

y = 12

and

y = 4

:3e:["$","li","11",{"className":"flex items-start gap-3","children":[["$","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":"$47"}}]]}]

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