Question

can someone help with logarithms?

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

\[\log_{2}5+\log_{2}(x^2-1)-\log_{2}(x-1) \]

Answer 3

i need to simplify this equation, i know what the answer is, but i need to know the steps, the website gave me an answer but not the steps

Answer 4

the sum of logarithms is the logarithm of the products

Answer 5

so you can simplify that to log(5*(x^2-1)*(x-1))

Answer 6

yes, and then what do i do with the subtraction...isn't that division?

Answer 7

does it become...\[\log_{2} (5x^2-1)/(x-1)\]