equation with ln

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I have a equation I cant solve!
this is what I have so far:
0,4005 = 0,8*(ln(0,4/x)+2,25*ln((1-X)/0,6))
0,5006 = ln(0,4)-ln(x)+2,25*ln(1-x)-2,25*ln(0,6)
0,2675 = 2,25*ln(1-x) - ln(x)
1,07 = ln((1-x)^9 / x^4)
e^1,07 = (1-x)^9 / x^4
...

and then I'm stuck
 
May I ask why you use commas for decimal points?. Is that one of them wacky European things?. :D


\(\displaystyle .4005=.8\left(ln(\frac{.4}{x})+2.25ln(\frac{1-x}{.6})\right)\)

\(\displaystyle .500625=\left(ln(\frac{.4}{x})+2.25ln(\frac{1-x}{.6})\right)\)

Expand using log laws:

\(\displaystyle -.267558=ln(x)-2.25ln(1-x)\)

\(\displaystyle e^{-.267558}=\frac{x}{(1-x)^{\frac{9}{4}}}=(x^{\frac{-4}{9}}(1-x))^{\frac{-9}{4}}\)

\(\displaystyle x^{\frac{-4}{9}}-x^{\frac{5}{9}}-1.1262738=0\).............[1]

Let \(\displaystyle u=x^{\frac{1}{9}}\). Which leads to:

\(\displaystyle u^{9}+1.1262738u-1=0\)

Factoring is really rough here, but can be done with tech. This has 9 solutions, but only 1 is real.

By factoring, the real root is:

\(\displaystyle .8812782-u=0\)

\(\displaystyle x^{\frac{1}{9}}=.8812782\)

\(\displaystyle x=(.8812782)^{9}=\fbox{.32064}\)

Of course, the accuracy can be to however many decimal places you want.

Another way is to use Newton's Method to solve this...assuming you are familiar with a little calculus. Frankly, that would be my method of choice starting at [1]
 
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