SOLUTION: express log(x/1000) as the difference between a logarithm and a counting number

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Question 594901: express log(x/1000) as the difference between a logarithm and a counting number
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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log(x/1000)

log(x)-log(1000)

log(x)-log(10^3)

log(x)-3*log(10)

log(x)-3*1

log(x)-3


So log(x/1000) expands out to log(x)-3