Why is this change of log base as such?

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I found the following in a textbook:

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I can't understand how this happend. Isn't the denominator suppose to be $log_{e}2$ ?

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This is a typo in the book. The general rule for the conversion of logarithms with different bases $a$ and $b$ is $$ \log_a(x) = \dfrac{\log_b(x)}{\log_b(a)} \;. $$