Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge / 2023 / Paper 1 / 11 / c / Solution

For real $x$, $\cosh x>0$, so multiplication by the hyperbolic cosine is reversible. The identities $\cosh x-\sinh x=e^{-x}$ and $\mathrm{sech}x=1/\cosh x$ giveThus $e^{-2x}=3$. The exponential function is injective, so the unique real solution is