document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=884425>Question 884425</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you solve this equation: log4-2. The base is 4 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "which is equivalent to,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "No real number taken to any power will yield a negative number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Or in log terms, you cannot take the logarithm of a negative number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There is no solution.<BR>\n" );
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