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Algebra.Com's Answer #81250 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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\"log%288%2C%28root%285%2C8%29%29%29\" Start with the given expression\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"log%288%2C%288%5E%281%2F5%29%29%29\" Rewrite the radical using exponent notation\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%281%2F5%29log%288%2C%288%29%29\" Now use the identity \"log%28b%2C%28x%5Ey%29%29=y%2Alog%28b%2C%28x%29%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%281%2F5%29%2A1\" Now evaluate \"log%288%2C%288%29%29\" to get 1\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"1%2F5\" Simplify\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So \"log%288%2C%28root%285%2C8%29%29%29=1%2F5\"
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