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OpenStudy (anonymous):

help me with expanding logarithms

OpenStudy (anikay):

ln(3x/7y)= ln(3)+ln(x)-ln(7)-ln(y) get it?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\log_{2}\frac{ x^{3}y^5 }{ 5 } \]

OpenStudy (anikay):

ok

OpenStudy (anikay):

anytime something is multiplied you turn it into addition, and any time something is divided you make it subtraction

OpenStudy (anikay):

got that?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yea, that helps

OpenStudy (anikay):

so, if you did that, you would get. \[\log_2{x^3} +\log_2{y^5} - \log_2{5}\]

OpenStudy (anikay):

then, one final trick. any exponents in logs turn into coefficients.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh ok, you did it that way. I was going to ask about that

OpenStudy (anikay):

ah, k. yeah logs used to confuse me before calculus made me understand them xD

OpenStudy (anonymous):

cool. I feel like they shouldn't be that hard. just kinda intimidating

OpenStudy (anonymous):

if I can remember those two rules, It will really help me a lot. thanks @anikay

OpenStudy (anikay):

no prob :D

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