Steps
Step 1 : becomes using the property of logarithms .
Step 2 : becomes by converting the logarithmic equation to an exponential equation.
Step 3 : simplifies to .
Step 4 : rearranges to , which simplifies to .
Step 5 : factors to .
Step 6 :Setting each factor equal to zero gives and .
Step 7 :Checking the solutions in the original equation, we find that both and are undefined in the original equation because the domain of the logarithm function is .
Step 8 :