How do you solve 22=44(1-e^(2x))?

1 Answer
Dec 19, 2016

I got: x=(ln(1/2))/2=-0.34657

Explanation:

Let us rearrange it as:
1-e^(2x)=22/44
1-e^(2x)=1/2
e^(2x)=1-1/2
e^(2x)=1/2
take the natural log of both sides:
ln(e^(2x))=ln(1/2)
2xln(e)=ln(1/2)
but ln(e)=1
so:
2x=ln(1/2)
x=(ln(1/2))/2=-0.34657