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Someone please explain this to me because I seriously don't get it.

Someone please explain this to me because I seriously don't get it.-example-1
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Answer:

2.5

Explanation:

We are given that
\log _(4) (2)= 0.5

32 is a power of 2

32 =
2^5

So, we can rewrite
\log _(4) (32) as
\log _(4) (2^5)

A property of logs is that
\log x^n = n \log x

So,
\log_(4)(2^5) = 5\log_(4)2=5*0.5 = 2.5

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