SOLUTION: Hello! Please help me expand this logarithm: {{{logbase2(3x^2 / 12xy)}}} I solved it and got {{{3logbase2(x)+logbase2(y)-2}}} But when I plugged the original log into my calcula

SOLUTION: Hello! Please help me expand this logarithm: {{{logbase2(3x^2 / 12xy)}}} I solved it and got {{{3logbase2(x)+logbase2(y)-2}}} But when I plugged the original log into my calcula

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Question 771755: Hello! Please help me expand this logarithm:
I solved it and got But when I plugged the original log into my calculator to expand it, I got

Thank you!
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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A quick check is:
Let
Let

and

OK- The calculator might be right, too.
You can use this method to check

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