document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=605872>Question 605872</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write the expression as a sum and/or difference of logarithms, with powers expressed as factors:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "log[(n-2)^3squareroot n-5]<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "              n^2     </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "log[(n-2)^3squareroot n-5]<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n^2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "log[(n-2)^3&#8730;(n-5)]/(n^2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=[3log(n-2)+1/2log(n-5)]/n^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n^2 in the denominator is not part of the logarithm, so you can't change it </SPAN>\n" );
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