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Actually Welcome to the concept of logarithms.
Since here the log is on both sides, we take antilog on both sides, so we get as,
==> 2-x = -5x - 18
==> -x + 5x = -18 -2
==> 4x = -20
==> x = -20/4
==> x = -5
hence, x = -5
