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More solutions, please (Posted on 2023-06-23) Difficulty: 4 of 5
Solve this equation with p&p to find two nice solutions.

72xยท48y=6xy

The person who shared this problem on Twitter and posted a video of their solution on YouTube just found these two solutions. A bunch of people who replied on Twitter just found these two solutions. However, if you use your favorite graphing calculator, you will see there are many more solutions.

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Some Thoughts computer findings | Comment 1 of 5
Wolfram Alpha gives the solution of

solve 78^x*48^y=6^(x*y) for x, y

as

x = (y log(48) + 2 i p n)/(y log(6) - log(78)) 

and y log(6) != log(78)

and n element Z

ans shows a graph of the real solutions which does show a horizontal asymptote at y=log(78)/log(6), matching that prohibition on y.

clc

for y=-4:.1:7
  x=(y*log(48) )/(y*log(6)-log(78));
  fprintf('%16.10f %4.1f\n',x,y)
end


shows a limited portion of the graph:

          x        y

    1.3437299901 -4.0
    1.3308290165 -3.9
    1.3175139878 -3.8
    1.3037646454 -3.7
    1.2895593871 -3.6
    1.2748751539 -3.5
    1.2596873053 -3.4
    1.2439694808 -3.3
    1.2276934479 -3.2
    1.2108289324 -3.1
    1.1933434306 -3.0
    1.1752020001 -2.9
    1.1563670270 -2.8
    1.1367979652 -2.7
    1.1164510454 -2.6
    1.0952789481 -2.5
    1.0732304362 -2.4
    1.0502499410 -2.3
    1.0262770949 -2.2
    1.0012462012 -2.1
    0.9750856337 -2.0
    0.9477171514 -1.9
    0.9190551175 -1.8
    0.8890056041 -1.7
    0.8574653641 -1.6
    0.8243206456 -1.5
    0.7894458215 -1.4
    0.7527017981 -1.3
    0.7139341610 -1.2
    0.6729710060 -1.1
    0.6296203907 -1.0
    0.5836673271 -0.9
    0.5348702157 -0.8
    0.4829565969 -0.7
    0.4276180609 -0.6
    0.3685041162 -0.5
    0.3052147582 -0.4
    0.2372914066 -0.3
    0.1642057755 -0.2
    0.0853461056 -0.1
   -0.0000000000  0.0
   -0.0926671584  0.1
   -0.1936395913  0.2
   -0.3040862184  0.3
   -0.4254061156  0.4
   -0.5592880937  0.5
   -0.7077897949  0.6
   -0.8734441978  0.7
   -1.0594052896  0.8
   -1.2696508079  0.9
   -1.5092699587  1.0
   -1.7848807826  1.1
   -2.1052508623  1.2
   -2.4822471660  1.3
   -2.9323383775  1.4
   -3.4790648855  1.5
   -4.1572910319  1.6
   -5.0209450692  1.7
   -6.1581127007  1.8
   -7.7231686073  1.9
  -10.0135841656  2.0
  -13.6857429726  2.1
  -20.5300438707  2.2
  -37.7819102433  2.3
 -164.4808605478  2.4
   78.8818538190  2.5
   33.3430380376  2.6
   21.7283488217  2.7
   16.4178619288  2.8
   13.3745152166  2.9
   11.4018749916  3.0
   10.0194263757  3.1
    8.9967681246  3.2
    8.2096166714  3.3
    7.5850201326  3.4
    7.0773372937  3.5
    6.6565511454  3.6
    6.3021102245  3.7
    5.9994701840  3.8
    5.7380484334  3.9
    5.5099612063  4.0
    5.3092147897  4.1
    5.1311711506  4.2
    4.9721851587  4.3
    4.8293523851  4.4
    4.7003300571  4.5
    4.5832075533  4.6
    4.4764111523  4.7
    4.3786329105  4.8
    4.2887768280  4.9
    4.2059175900  5.0
    4.1292685846  5.1
    4.0581568529  5.2
    3.9920032780  5.3
    3.9303067786  5.4
    3.8726315934  5.5
    3.8185969730  5.6
    3.7678687648  5.7
    3.7201524962  5.8
    3.6751876545  5.9
    3.6327429283  6.0
    3.5926122281  6.1
    3.5546113393  6.2
    3.5185750952  6.3
    3.4843549768  6.4
    3.4518170673  6.5
    3.4208403000  6.6
    3.3913149538  6.7
    3.3631413538  6.8
    3.3362287479  6.9
    3.3104943299  7.0
 

  Posted by Charlie on 2023-06-23 12:55:00
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