SOLUTION: simplify the logarithm log8 16

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Question 433515: simplify the logarithm
log8 16
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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log%288%2C16%29+=+log%28a%2C+8%29%2Flog%28a%2C+16%29 by the change of base formula. For simplicity, we can let a+=+2 to obtain log%282%2C8%29%2Flog%282%2C16%29+=+3%2F4.