If 8^m=1/4 -2^3m. Find m
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2^(3m) = 2^(-2-3m)
2^(6m+2) = 1
6m+2 = 0
m = -1/3
My apologies for the mistake in my previous response. You are correct that the equation simplifies to:
2^(3m) = 2^(-2-3m)
Taking the logarithm base 2 of both sides, we get:
3m = -2-3m
Simplifying and solving for m:
6m = -2
m = -1/3
Thank you for bringing this to my attention.
To find the value of m in the equation 8^m = 1/4 - 2^3m, we need to simplify both sides of the equation separately.
Let's start by simplifying the right-hand side of the equation:
1/4 - 2^3m
We can rewrite 2^3 as (2^3)^m, which gives us:
1/4 - (2^m)^3
Simplifying further, we get:
1/4 - 8^m
Now, we can equate the left-hand side and right-hand side of the equation:
8^m = 1/4 - 8^m
Next, let's isolate the term with 8^m on one side of the equation:
2 * 8^m = 1/4
Now, we can rewrite 2 as 8^(1/3), which gives us:
8^(1/3) * 8^m = 1/4
Using the property of exponents, we can add the exponents with the same base:
8^((1/3) + m) = 1/4
To simplify further, we can write 1/4 as 8^(-2/3), since 8^(-2/3) is equivalent to 1/(8^(2/3)):
8^((1/3) + m) = 8^(-2/3)
Now, we can equate the exponents:
(1/3) + m = -2/3
We can solve for m by isolating it on one side of the equation:
m = -2/3 - 1/3
m = -3/3
Simplifying further, we get:
m = -1
Therefore, the value of m in the equation 8^m = 1/4 - 2^3m is -1.
We can write 1/4 as 2^(-2), so the equation becomes:
8^m = 2^(-2) - 2^(3m)
We know that 8 can be written as 2^3, so we can substitute that in:
(2^3)^m = 2^(-2) - 2^(3m)
Simplifying the left-hand side using the power of a power rule:
2^(3m) = 2^(-2) - 2^(3m)
Now we can combine the two terms on the right-hand side, since they have the same base:
2^(3m) = 2^(-2-3m)
Using the rule that a^(−n) = 1/a^n:
2^(3m) = 1/2^(2+3m)
Multiplying both sides by 2^(2+3m):
2^(5m+2) = 1
Now we can solve for m by taking the logarithm base 2 of both sides:
5m + 2 = log2(1)
Since log2(1) = 0, we get:
5m + 2 = 0
Solving for m:
m = -2/5
Therefore, m = -0.4.