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117 Post author: AnnaSalamon 07 November 2012 09:19PM

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Comment author: shminux 08 November 2012 11:57:11PM *  2 points [-]

You can only add, subtract and compare like quantities, but log(50000*1dollar)=log(50000)+log(1 dollar), which is a meaningless expression. What's the logarithm of a dollar?

Comment author: [deleted] 10 November 2012 03:42:37PM 0 points [-]

What's the logarithm of a dollar?

An arbitrary additive constant. See the last paragraph of Kindly's comment.