Question

i need to find the value of x. 5^x+1=5^2x-3

Answer 1

We have the following:

$5^{x+1}=5^{2x-3}​$

solving for x, since they have the same base, we can do the following equation

$\begin{gathered} x+1=2x-3 \\ 2x-x=1+3 \\ x=4 \end{gathered}$

Therefore, the value of x is 4