We'll apply the power rule of logarithms for the term from
the left side:
2*log (2x-3y) = log
(2x-3y)^2
Since the bases of logarithms from the sum from
the right side are matching, we'll apply the product
rule:
logx+logy = log
(x*y)
We'll re-write the
identity:
log (2x-3y)^2 = log
(x*y)
Since the bases are matching, we'll apply one to one
rule:
(2x-3y)^2 = x*y
We'll
expand the square form the left:
4x^2 - 12x*y + 9y^2 - x*y
= 0
4x^2 - 13x*y + 9y^2 =
0
We'll divide by
y^2:
4(x/y)^2 - 13(x/y) + 9 =
0
We'll replace the fraction x/y by
t:
4t^2 - 13t + 9 = 0
We'll
apply the quadratic formula:
t1 = [13+sqrt(169 -
144)]/8
t1 = (13+5)/8
t1 =
18/8
t1 = 9/4
t2 =
(13-5)/8
t2 =
1
The possible values of the ratio x/y are:
x/y = 9/4 and x/y = 1.
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