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Use the properties of logarithms to expand log6XEach logarithm should involve only one variable and should not have any exponents.Assume that all variables are positive.

Use the properties of logarithms to expand log6XEach logarithm should involve only-example-1
User Bilaal Abdel Hassan
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Answer;


\text{ log z - 6 log x}

Explanation;

To solve this, we are going to use one of the logarithm rules

The rule is the subtraction and/or the division rule and it applies to logarithms having the same base

It can be summarized as;


\log \text{ a - log b= log }(a)/(b)

Looking at the question, we can see that we have an exponent; hence we shall be needing the exponent rule for logarithms here too. It can be represented as follows;


^{}Loga^b\text{ = bLog a}

So, we shall be applying these two rules to solve the problem at hand


\begin{gathered} \log \text{ }(z)/(x^6) \\ =logz-logx^6 \\ =\text{ log z - 6 log x} \end{gathered}

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