How do you solve 8y=42x+3 and log2y=log2x+4?

1 Answer

The first equation becomes

8y=42x+3(23)y=22(2x+3)3y=4x+6

The second equation becomes

log2y=log2x+4log(2y2x)=4log(yx)=4yx=104y=104x

Now the system of equations become

3y=4x+6
y=104x

which has solutions

x=314998, y=150007499