SOLUTION: Prove that each statement is true. {{{log(8,59)=log(10,59)/log(10,8)}}}

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Question 855564: Prove that each statement is true.
log%288%2C59%29=log%2810%2C59%29%2Flog%2810%2C8%29

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20081) About Me  (Show Source):
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To prove: log%288%2C59%29=log%2810%2C59%29%2Flog%2810%2C8%29

Here goes:

Let log%288%2C59%29=x

Change that log equation to its 
equivalent exponent form:

8%5Ex=59

Now take logs base 10 of both sides:

8%5Ex=59

log%2810%2C8%5Ex%29=log%2810%2C59%29

Use the "jump-over" rule of logarithms where the exponent
"jumps over both its base and the word "log" and turns into a
multiplier. Like this:

x%2Alog%2810%2C8%29=log%2810%2C59%29

See how the x jumped over the "8" and the "log" and became
a multiplier instead of being an exponent. 

Now we divide both sides by log%2810%2C8%29 to solve for x.

x=log%2810%2C59%29%2Flog%2810%2C8%29

And now we go back and remember what x was -- we let log%288%2C59%29=x

So we have:

log%288%2C59%29=log%2810%2C59%29%2Flog%2810%2C8%29

and it's proved.

Edwin