Solving an inequality with logarithms of different bases

algebra-precalculusinequalitylogarithms

The question is to solve $\log_2x>\log_3x$ for x.

I attempted to simplify it like so:
\begin{align*}
\log_2x&>\log_3x\\
\frac{\log_2x}{\log_22}&>\frac{\log_2x}{\log_23}\\
\log_2x&>\log_2x^{\frac{1}{\log_23}}\\
x&>x^{\frac{1}{\log_23}}
\end{align*}

It feels like I'm really close but not sure how to finish this problem.

Best Answer

Try the steps below:

$$\log_2x >\log_3x$$ $$\frac{\ln x}{\ln2}>\frac{\ln x}{\ln 3}$$ $$\ln x \left(\frac{1}{\ln2} - \frac{1}{\ln3} \right)>0$$

Since

$$\frac{1}{\ln2} - \frac{1}{\ln3} >0$$

the following must hold,

$$\ln x > 0$$

Thus,

$$x>1$$