SOLUTION: Why cant log(base 2) (-8)=x be solved?

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Question 736801: Why cant log(base 2) (-8)=x be solved?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
+log%282%2C%28-8%29%29=x
+log%282%2C%28-1%2A8%29%29=x
+log%282%2C%28-1%2A2%5E3%29%29=x
+3log%282%2C%28-2%29%29=x
%28log%28%282%5E3%29%29%2Bi%2Api%29%2F%28log%282%29%29=x

3log%282%29%2Flog%282%29%2Bi%2Api%2Flog%282%29=x

3%2Bi%2Api%2Flog%282%29=x.......this is a complex solution, there is no real solution for +log%282%2C-8%29=x