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How to solve P12 from day 3 of the first week (logarithms)?

 
 
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Re: How to solve P12 from day 3 of the first week (logarithms)?
by Henry Zhang - Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 7:41 PM
 

Thanks, I solved the problem. I got u=3^(734-3u) where u=pqr and was able to find the pretty easily answer by inspection, but I was wondering if there was another way to find pqr that would work in general to solve equations with both a u and a log(u).