SOLUTION: Simplify into a single logarithm: log3 x-4log3y (both the 3's are below the g itself)

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Question 164881: Simplify into a single logarithm:
log3 x-4log3y (both the 3's are below the g itself)

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given expression


Rewrite the second logarithm using the identity


Combine the logs using the identity


Expand and simplify


So simplifies to

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