How do you write the following expression as a single logarithm: log 5 - log x - log y?
1 Answer
May 23, 2018
Explanation:
We have two properties in Logarithms that can be used in solving this question
#log_m(a) + log_m(b) = log_m(a*b)#
proof :-
Let :
and
So,
From 1 and 2 ;
By writing
and
#log_m(a) - log_m(b) = log_m(a/b)#
proof:-
Let :
and
So,
From 1 and 2 ;
By writing
The given question is :