find equation using graphing given 1 solution and 2 extraneous solutions

[andrealburns]

Given x = 5 and extraneous solutions x = -1 and x = -2, I am to find a way using technology, preferably graphing, to find an equation involving radicals and/or logarithms

 

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[burakaltr]

Given x = 5 and extraneous solutions x = -1 and x = -2, I am to find a way using technology, preferably graphing, to find an equation involving radicals and/or logarithms

Let me give you one such equation and you generate the others

P(x)=A(x-5)[(x+1)**3/2 ][(x+2)**7/2 ] / [ [(x+1)**1/2] [LOG(base: x+1) of [(x+1)**(x+2)5/2] ]

Set to zero

P(x)=0