Asked by ryan

What common base can be used to rewrite each side of the equation 2^x+3-3=5
2
3
5
8

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The common base is 2.

Reason: add 3 to both sides to get 2^(x+3) = 8, and 8 = 2^3. So both sides can be written as powers of 2. (Then x+3 = 3, so x = 0.)