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A couple of Logs (Posted on 2002-06-04) Difficulty: 4 of 5
logy(x) + logx(y) = 43

What are the values of x and y?

See The Solution Submitted by Dulanjana    
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re: re: re(2): Strange (Still no integer/special solution) | Comment 10 of 17 |
(In reply to re: re(2): Strange by Dulanjana)

Neither (1,1) or (0,0) are solutions. The definition of log requires the base to be greater than 0 but not 1. A quick web search turned up:
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/55592.html
This does a better job explaining the problem than I could. ("Ask Dr. Math" is a really neat site for those interested in math.)
  Posted by Ender on 2002-06-05 03:15:06

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