SOLUTION: log 8 + log 5 - log 4

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Question 196668: log 8 + log 5 - log 4
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I'm assuming that the default base of each log is 10.


Start with the given expression.


Combine the logs using the identity


Multiply


Combine the logs using the identity


Reduce


Evaluate the log base 10 of 10 to get 1


So

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