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OpenStudy (anonymous):

how do you solve 4+5e^-x=0

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Rearrange and take logarithm on both sides! :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i still don understand

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Subtracting 4 from both sides gives \(5e^{-x}=-4\). Now divide both sides by 5, you get \(e^{-x}=- \frac{4}{5}\). But the exponent function has only positive values in \( \ R \). So, the equation has no real solutions.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

exponential function*

OpenStudy (anonymous):

u understood amberllg?

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