document.write( "Question 929298: How do you solve this log?
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\n" ); document.write( "(w+3)(w-2) = 36
\n" ); document.write( "w^2 + w -6 = 36
\n" ); document.write( "w^2 + w - 42 = 0
\n" ); document.write( "(w+7)(w-6)= 0 (w = -7 an extraneous root...results in undefined logarithm)
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