SOLUTION: Given f(x) = "log base a of x" please describe the restrictions on a and the restrictions on x

Question 315732: Given f(x) = "log base a of x" please describe the restrictions on a and the restrictions on x
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since , this means that the restrictions on 'a' are very similar to the restrictions on 'x'. However, we must make sure that . So this means that

For 'x', we can plug in any positive number (since we cannot take the log of 0 or any negative number). So this means that . Because the conditions on 'a' are similar, this means that as well but we must add that

Let me know if this makes sense to you.
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