Please help
Let logb A=5, logb C=7, logb D=2 What is the value of logb \[\frac{ A ^{5}C ^{2} }{ D ^{6} }\]
First tel me - Do you know that log (a*b) = log a + log b and also log a^x = x log a
yes i understand that
OK No we can alos write your expression as \[A ^{5} \times C ^{2} \times D ^{-6}\] OK?
(hint) log (a*b*c) = log a + log b + log c
so using that expression first and THEN log a^x = x log a you should see the answer...
Wait what do i do with with the exponents
log a^x = x log a
\[\log _{b} A ^{^{n}} = n \log _{b} A\]
(just be careful with the negative exponent)
so when i add them i add the log of a,b, and c?? or do i add them all up and then fing the log of them??
it asks you to find the log of the expression so add the log of all the components log (a*b*c) = log a + log b + log c THen use log a^x = x log a to sort out the exponents Then put you numbers in to get the solution :
You said you understood the two log rules that I put in my first reply. Just apply the two rules one after teh other as I described above
i got 8.98 i think i did something way wrong
I went wrong somewhere...I need help
\[\log _{b} \frac{ A ^{5}C ^{2} }{ D ^{6} } = \log _{b} A ^{5} \times \log _{b} C ^{2} - \log _{b} D ^{6}\] \[5 \log _{b}A + 2 \log _{b} C - 6 \log _{b} D\] \[5 \times 5 + 2 \times7 - 6\times2\] \[25+14-12 = 27\]
Thank you
your welcome, glad to help
@Nesha97 Did you REALLY learn anything other than 'the answer is 27' @hafeda People learn far better by DOING than by having the work done for them
i actually did learn something. The way i had done it was way wrong and now i see where i went wrong. I thought i was suppose to use those as exponents but now i see that i wasn't, its really just confusing doing it the way u did it
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