SOLUTION: evaluate log 27+log6 -log54

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Question 1095603: evaluate log 27+log6
-log54
Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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log(27) + log(6) - log(54) is equal to log(27*6/54) which is equal to log(3).

you can confirm using your calculator that this is correct.

the log rules that are used are:

log(a) + log(b) = log(a*b)

log(a) - log(b) = log(a/b)