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Divide both sides of the equation $3^x+4^x=5^x$ by $5^x$.

$$ \Rightarrow \frac { 3^x }{ 5^x } +\frac { 4^x }{ 5^x } =\frac { 5^x }{ 5^x }$$ $$\tag1 \Rightarrow \left( \frac 3 5 \right)^x + \left( \frac { 4 }{ 5 } \right)^x =1$$ $\because \frac { 3 }{ 5 } \leqslant 1 \Rightarrow \sin \theta =\frac { 3 }{ 5 }$ would be valid.

We know, $\sin^2 \theta +\cos ^2 \theta =1$.

$\Leftrightarrow \cos^2 \theta =1-\sin ^2 \theta$.

$$ \Leftrightarrow \cos \theta =\sqrt { 1- \left( \frac { 3 }{ 5 } \right)^2 } =\frac { 4 }{ 5 }$$

$\therefore \sin \theta =\frac { 3 }{ 5 } \ \land \ \cos\theta =\frac { 4 }{ 5 }$.

The equation $(1)$ can be rewritten as $$ \Rightarrow \left( \cos\theta \right)^x + \left( \sin \theta \right)^x =1.$$

We know that the above equation would hold true for only $ x=2$.

Hence Proved.

Thanks to lab bhattacharjee for reminding me to link the question details to other answers.

Please tell me if my answere is better and more reasonable than the other answers on the following pages:

Prove that $x = 2$ is the unique solution to $3^x + 4^x = 5^x$ where $x \in \mathbb{R}$

Proving that $ 2 $ is the only real solution of $ 3^x+4^x=5^x $

If it is not the best one, please give the link to the best solution. Thanks a ton for your time!

Thanks to Hagen von Eitzen for reformatting the question details into a better format.

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    $\begingroup$ math.stackexchange.com/questions/61812/… $\endgroup$ Apr 29, 2014 at 16:44
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    $\begingroup$ @labbhattacharjee Sorry, but the question was if my solution was more reasonable than the one's you just provided the link for. Why or Why not? $\endgroup$ Apr 29, 2014 at 16:46
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    $\begingroup$ At the end there is the assertion that $x=2$ is the only solution of $(\cos \theta)^x+(\sin\theta)^x=1$. This needs to be proved. The introduction of sine and cosine is not really necessary, but is fine if it helps you to visualize. $\endgroup$ Apr 29, 2014 at 16:50
  • $\begingroup$ You should only put mathÜ in Latex markup, not *everything. Legibility really suffers. $\endgroup$ Apr 29, 2014 at 16:52
  • $\begingroup$ @HagenvonEitzen Sorry, My fault. I will change it soon as possible. Thanks for the suggestion! $\endgroup$ Apr 29, 2014 at 16:53

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Let $f(x)=(\frac{3}{5})^x+(\frac{4}{5})^x$

This function is strictly decreasing , and as such it's graph will only intersect the line $y=1$ in only one point(suppose there are two points, due to the fact that it is strictly decreasing, these points must coincide).

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