Explain the error in the solution below. What additional step needs to be completed? log x - log53 = 2log53 log x = 3log53 log x = log533 x = 27

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Evans

23 April, 03:52

Explain the error in the solution below. What additional step needs to be completed? log x - log53 = 2log53 log x = 3log53 log x = log533 x = 27

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Darren Wilson · Answer 1

The bases of the logarithms are not the same. The one-to-one property does not apply when the bases are not the same. The change of base formula should have been used to write the logarithms with the same base.

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