Sunday, February 8, 2015

10^x=x^10 find x?

10^x =
x^10.


Solution:


The function
has an obvious  solution at x= 10 .  But It has other solution than x =10. Let us 
examine.


Let f(x) = 10^x -
x^10.


f(1) = 10^1 -1^10 = 9 >
0


f(2) = 10^2 -2^10 = 100 -1024 =
-924.


Therefore f(x) being a continuous and derivable
function f(x) = 0 has a solution in the interval (1 , 2) as it changes the sign for x=1
and x =2.


We can go for an iteration method  and have a
solution for x.


When x =
1.371289,


10^x =23.51197 and x^10 =23.51202. So
f(x) < 0


when x=
1.371288


10^x = 23.51191 and x^10 = 23.51185 . Here
f(x) > 0.


So clearly there is a solution  for x in
between 1.371288 and 1.371289 where f(x) change the sign.

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