Since both 8 and 4 are powers of 2, we can rewrite them as 2^3 and 2^2 respectively:
2^(3(x-1)) = 2^(2(x+2))
2^(3x-3) = 2^(2x+4)
3x-3 = 2x+4
x = 7
3x-3 = 2x+4 = 18
2^18 = 262144
N is equal to 262144.
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Since both 8 and 4 are powers of 2, we can rewrite them as 2^3 and 2^2 respectively:
2^(3(x-1)) = 2^(2(x+2))
2^(3x-3) = 2^(2x+4)
3x-3 = 2x+4
x = 7
3x-3 = 2x+4 = 18
2^18 = 262144
N is equal to 262144.