document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1128269>Question 1128269</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> log(2+x)-log(x-2)=log5 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #744737 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39623)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=744737\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the base?  2, 10, 5, what?  Something else?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "OKay need not be given the base.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "therefore all of this is still wrong:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "arguments must be equal.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The original equation shows MINUS of a log; not the PLUS of a log.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First two steps should have been:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".\r<BR>\n" );
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