SOLUTION: prove the quotient property for logarithms? logb u/v=logb u-logb v

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Question 82834: prove the quotient property for logarithms? logb u/v=logb u-logb v
Answer by funmath(2933) About Me  (Show Source):
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prove the quotient property for logarithms:
logb u/v=logb u-logb v
Let A=logb u and B=logb v
Then b^A=u and b^B=v
logb b^A/b^B
=logb b^(A-B)
= A-B
= logb u - logb v
Happy Calculating!!!!