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Clue #5: These are lawless timesThree other mathematicians (Milton, Lakisha, and Ondine) are hot on your tail to find the suspect. You can disqualify anyone who breaks any logarithm laws. Two of the three people cut corners and didn’t follow all the logarithm laws.Which person obeyed all log rules?Their names and favorite numbers are listed below. Find the mathematician who has followed all laws and use the first letter of their name their favorite number as Clue #5.

Clue #5: These are lawless timesThree other mathematicians (Milton, Lakisha, and Ondine-example-1
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You can notice that who obeys the log rules adecuatelly is Lakisha

In fact, for the given expressions, youn have:


\begin{gathered} \log _36-_{}\log _32=\log _3(3\cdot2)-\log _32=\log _33+\log _32-\log _32 \\ =\log _33=1 \end{gathered}

Alakisha is correct for adding and subtracting laws.

Furthermore:


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