document.write( "Question 683635: Please help with the following question, I'm about ready to yank my hair out...\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #423636 by Edwin McCravy(20060)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "I think you just didn't remember that the square root is the same\r\n" );
document.write( "as the \"1%2F2\" power.\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"+log+%28+b%2C+sqrt+%2832%2F27%29+%29+\" \r\n" );
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document.write( "We observe that 32 = 2*16 = 2*2*8 = 2*2*2*4 = 2*2*2*2*2 = 25\r\n" );
document.write( "We observe that 27 = 3*9 = 3*3*3 = 33\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"+log+%28+b%2C+sqrt+%282%5E5%2F3%5E3%29+%29+\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "We observe that the square root is the \"1%2F2\" power:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we use a rule of logarithms that allows us to move the \"1%2F2\"\r\n" );
document.write( "exponent in front as a coefficient of the log:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"expr%281%2F2%29log+%28+b%2C+%282%5E5%2F3%5E3%29+%29+\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we can write the log of a quotient as the difference of the logs,\r\n" );
document.write( "being careful to place the difference of logs in parentheses so that\r\n" );
document.write( "the \"1%2F2\" is multiplied by both terms:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"expr%281%2F2%29%28log+%28+b%2C+2%5E5+%29-log%28b%2C3%5E3%29+%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now on each of those terms inside the parentheses, we again use the\r\n" );
document.write( "rule of logarithms that allows us to move the 5 and 2 exponents in \r\n" );
document.write( "front as a coefficient of the logs:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"expr%281%2F2%29%285%2Alog+%28+b%2C+2+%29-3%2Alog%28b%2C3%29+%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Finally we substuitute A for \"log%28b%2C2%29\" and C for \"log%28b%2C3%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"expr%281%2F2%29%285A-3C+%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Yoou can leave it like that or write it over 2 like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%285A-3C+%29%2F2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "or as\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"5A%2F2-3C%2F2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "or as\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"expr%285%2F2%29A-expr%283%2F2%29C%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin

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