SOLUTION: why is the logarithm of 1 with base b is 0.

SOLUTION: why is the logarithm of 1 with base b is 0.

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Question 80536: why is the logarithm of 1 with base b is 0.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The reason is if we have

it is equivalent to

And since the only value for x to make

equal to 1 is x=0, this means

is true for any b
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