document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=629996>Question 629996</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello I am working on even, odd, or neither functions. I have been doing great on most of them until I hit one that i really do not get. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "My question: is log(x^2/y) even, odd, or neither?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i know that when log(x/y) it is the same as logx-logy. I tried separating it like that, and then changing the sign. so my problem was like : <BR>\n" );
document.write( "log(x^2/y)= logx^2-logy<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(x)=logx^2-logy<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(-x)=-logx^2+logy<BR>\n" );
document.write( "this function is odd.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I do not know if i am doing it right, I would just want to know how to do it. Thanks </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #396625 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jsmallt9><B>jsmallt9(3758)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jsmallt9><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=396625\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A function is \"even\" if f(-x) = f(x) for all x's in the domain.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A function is \"odd\" if f(-x) = -f(x) for all x's in the domain.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A function is \"neither\" if it is not even or odd.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Logarithms are perhaps the ultimate \"neither\". If log(x) exists, log(-x) does not even exist since arguments of logs can only be positive!<BR>\n" );
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