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Solve for x:

log2 x + log8 x + log32 x = 2315\dfrac{23}{15}

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Given,

log2 x+log8 x+log32 x=23151logx 2+1logx 8+1logx 32=23151logx 2+1logx 23+1logx 25=23151logx 2+13logx 2+15logx 2=23151logx 2[1+13+15]=2315log2 x[15+5+315]=2315log2 x×2315=2315log2 x=2315×1523log2 x=1log2 x=log2 2x=2.\Rightarrow \text{log}2 \space x + \text{log}8 \space x + \text{log}{32} \space x = \dfrac{23}{15} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{1}{\text{log}x \space 2} + \dfrac{1}{\text{log}x \space 8} + \dfrac{1}{\text{log}x \space 32} = \dfrac{23}{15} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{1}{\text{log}x \space 2} + \dfrac{1}{\text{log}x \space 2^3} + \dfrac{1}{\text{log}x \space 2^5} = \dfrac{23}{15} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{1}{\text{log}x \space 2} + \dfrac{1}{3\text{log}x \space 2} + \dfrac{1}{5\text{log}x \space 2} = \dfrac{23}{15} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{1}{\text{log}x \space 2}\Big[1 + \dfrac{1}{3} + \dfrac{1}{5}\Big] = \dfrac{23}{15} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \text{log}2 \space x\Big[\dfrac{15 + 5 + 3}{15}\Big] = \dfrac{23}{15} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \text{log}2 \space x \times \dfrac{23}{15} = \dfrac{23}{15} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \text{log}2 \space x = \dfrac{23}{15} \times \dfrac{15}{23} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \text{log}2 \space x = 1 \\[1em] \Rightarrow \text{log}2 \space x = \text{log}_2 \space 2 \\[1em] \Rightarrow x = 2.

Hence, x = 2.

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