Question

Solve: 8^x+1=16^x/2

Answer 1

\[8^x+1=16^{\frac{x}{2}}\]

Answer 2

rewrite with the base of 2 would be a start since \[8=2^3\] and \[16=2^4\]

Answer 3

get
\[2^{3x}+1=2^{2x}\]

Answer 4

then i got stuck because i thought this would be a quadratic but it isn't