document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1119102>Question 1119102</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If p = (50y^2)^3/81x^3 then prove that log10^p + 3 log 10^x - 6 log 10^y \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=6-3log10^2 - 4log10^3 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Your question has been sitting here for several days, waiting for someone to respond.  Probably the reason you haven't gotten a response is that the statement of the problem is not clear.  Some parentheses would help; and some of the notation is ambiguous.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "I will guess that, for example, your notation \"log10^p\" means \"log of 10 to the power p\", where the logarithm, by default, is base 10.  In that case, log10^p is just p.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Using that interpretation of your notation, any interpretation I can see for your definition of p leads to a nonsensical equation.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So take a look at the question as it was given to you, then re-post your question making it clear what the question is.<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "added in response to the \"solution\" posted by \"tutor\" alan3354....<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I provide a response to a reader's question showing I have made an effort, unsuccessfully, to decipher a reader's question, and suggesting that the reader resubmit the question stating it more clearly.<br><BR>\n" );
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