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Identify the error in the student solution shown below. Find the correct answer.

Identify the error in the student solution shown below. Find the correct answer.-example-1
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Answer:

Since 0 in ln(3x) - 0 is not a logarithm, the property of logarithms cannot be used here.

The difference shown cannot be written as a quotient of logarithms.

The step ln(x2) = ln(3x) - (0) reduces to

ln(x2) = ln(3x).

The possible solutions are 0 and 3, with 0 being extraneous.

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