How do you solve $log x^2 =2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-10-23T16:31:35

$x=10$

By using laws of logs, we can write this as

$2 log x = 2$

Now dividing by 2 on both sides we get

$logx=1$

Now using the definition of log function we obtain

$x=10^1=10$

How do you solve log x^2 =2log x^2 =2?