SOLUTION: express as a single logarithm and if possible simplify log(x^2+x-6)-log(x^2-9)

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Question 865315: express as a single logarithm and if possible simplify
log(x^2+x-6)-log(x^2-9)

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!



Use rule 2 from this page


Factor the numerator


Factor the denominator


Highlight common terms


Cancel out those common terms (they divide to 1 and go away, since 1*any number = any number)





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So simplifies to

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