Question

how do u solve log (base5) of 5/y

Answer 1

is the question

\[\log_{5} \frac{ 5 }{ y }\]

Answer 2

yeah

Answer 3

Is there something on the other side of the equation? Because you can't solve for y without anything on the other side.

Answer 4

no i am
guessing you set it = to 0

Answer 5

alright then, so one property of logs is that

\[\log_{a}\frac{ x }{ z } = \log_{a}x - \log_{a}z\]

Answer 6

so\[\log _{5}5-\log _{5}y\]

Answer 7

yup, now just set that equal to zero and solve

Answer 8

ok but how do u get rid of the base

Answer 9

that's another property of logs

\[\log_{x}x = 1\]

and to get rid of the log base you just do \[x^{\log_{x} }\]