<div id="comment:0"></div> From http://ask.sagemath.org/question/26237/why-can-sage-solve-one-log-equation-but-not-another-with-only-different-values/ ``` sage: solve(3 == 586 * (1/5) ^ x, x) [x == log(586/3)/log(5)] but: sage: solve(3 == 586 * (99557/100000) ^ x, x) [100000^x == 586/3*99557^x] A solution: log(3/586) / log(0.99557) = 1188.03958878842 ``` Component: **calculus** _Issue created by migration from https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/18006_