Given the equation:
$$\left(20 \cdot 5^{2 x} - 12 \cdot 5^{x}\right) + 1 = 0$$
or
$$\left(20 \cdot 5^{2 x} - 12 \cdot 5^{x}\right) + 1 = 0$$
Do replacement
$$v = 5^{x}$$
we get
$$20 v^{2} - 12 v + 1 = 0$$
or
$$20 v^{2} - 12 v + 1 = 0$$
This equation is of the form
a*v^2 + b*v + c = 0
A quadratic equation can be solved
using the discriminant.
The roots of the quadratic equation:
$$v_{1} = \frac{\sqrt{D} - b}{2 a}$$
$$v_{2} = \frac{- \sqrt{D} - b}{2 a}$$
where D = b^2 - 4*a*c - it is the discriminant.
Because
$$a = 20$$
$$b = -12$$
$$c = 1$$
, then
D = b^2 - 4 * a * c =
(-12)^2 - 4 * (20) * (1) = 64
Because D > 0, then the equation has two roots.
v1 = (-b + sqrt(D)) / (2*a)
v2 = (-b - sqrt(D)) / (2*a)
or
$$v_{1} = \frac{1}{2}$$
$$v_{2} = \frac{1}{10}$$
do backward replacement
$$5^{x} = v$$
or
$$x = \frac{\log{\left(v \right)}}{\log{\left(5 \right)}}$$
The final answer
$$x_{1} = \frac{\log{\left(\frac{1}{2} \right)}}{\log{\left(5 \right)}} = - \frac{\log{\left(2 \right)}}{\log{\left(5 \right)}}$$
$$x_{2} = \frac{\log{\left(\frac{1}{10} \right)}}{\log{\left(5 \right)}} = -1 - \frac{\log{\left(2 \right)}}{\log{\left(5 \right)}}$$