Explain Why This Sequence of Steps Is Incorrect $$\begin{aligned}\log _ { 3 } 64 & = \log _ { 3 } [ ( - 8 ) ( - 8 ) ] \\& = \log _ { 3 } ( - 8 ) + \log _ { 3 } ( - 8 )\end{aligned}$$

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Explain why this sequence of steps is incorrect: $$\begin{aligned}\log _ { 3 } 64 & = \log _ { 3 } [ ( - 8 ) ( - 8 ) ] \\& = \log _ { 3 } ( - 8 ) + \log _ { 3 } ( - 8 )\end{aligned}$$