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The equation $\"\"$ .

Graph the functions $\"\"$ and $\"\"$ .

Choose random values for $\"\"$ and find the corresponding values for $\"\"$ .

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Draw the coordinate plane.

Plot the points found in the table and connect the points with smooth curve.

Draw the horizontal line $\"\"$ .

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Observe the graph:

The two functions are intersecting at $\"\"$ .

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Solve the equation algebraically.

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Take each side of the above equation exponent of base $\"\"$ .

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Substitute the value of $\"\"$ in above equation.

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$\"\"$ .

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The solution is $\"\"$ .