SOLUTION: Please help with this questionThank you Explain why the expressions log3(-1) and log1 1 are not defined.

Question 467474: Please help with this questionThank you
Explain why the expressions log3(-1) and log1 1 are not defined.
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
is not defined because if we let , then exponentially we would have , BUT the term on the left is always positive, and so equality is impossible.
is undefined because if we let , then exponentially we would have , and there would be infinitely many possible answers for w.
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