document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1181952>Question 1181952</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Log base 4 to power k= log base 8 to power y+1.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To the student....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1) Indeed, this collection of words is mathematical nonsense.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "But I have been seeing this kind of language a lot recently, so some teaching source somewhere is apparently teaching the nonsense.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"log base x to the power y\" is not correct mathematical language.  I assume what is meant is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=log%28x%2C%28y%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"log%28x%2C%28y%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >; but the language for that expression is \"log base x of y\".<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2) So your post apparently means this:<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=log%284%2C%28k%29%29=log%288%2C%28y%2B1%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"log%284%2C%28k%29%29=log%288%2C%28y%2B1%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "But your post says nothing about what we are supposed to do with that equation....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you actually have a question about this, re-post -- using the correct mathematical language and asking an actual question.<br><BR>\n" );
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