SOLUTION: If a^2+b^2=7ab,prove that log{1/3(a+b)}=1/2(log a + log b)

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Question 1132319: If a^2+b^2=7ab,prove that log{1/3(a+b)}=1/2(log a + log b)

Answer by ikleyn(52810)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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            The given condition is not completed.  To be complete,  it must be re-edited in this way:

            If a^2+b^2 = 7ab,  where "a" and "b" are positive real numbers,  prove that log{1/3(a+b)}=1/2(log a + log b).

            With this re-editing,  the solution/(the proof) is as follows.


If   a^2 + b^2 = 7ab   then


a^2 + 2ab + b^2 = 9ab


(a + b)^2 = 9ab


log((a+b)^2) = log(9ab)


2*log(a+b) = log(9) + log(a) + log(b)


2*log(a+b) = 2*log(3) + log(a) + log(b)


2*(log(a+b) - log(3)) = log(a) + log(b)


log(a+b) - log(3) = 
 = .

QED.   The proof is completed.



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