SOLUTION: express as (all three) a sum, difference and product of logarithms, without using exponents log(b)sqrt(x^3y^2/z^9)

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Question 211997: express as (all three) a sum, difference and product of logarithms, without using exponents
log(b)sqrt(x^3y^2/z^9)

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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express as (all three) a sum, difference and product of logarithms, without using exponents

The 3 manipulative rules of logarithms which you need are

(a)    log%28B%2CAC%29=log%28B%2CA%29%2Blog%28B%2CC%29

(b)    log%28B%2CA%2FC%29=log%28B%2CA%29-log%28B%2CC%29

(c)    log%28B%2CA%5EC%29=C%2Alog%28B%2CA%29

You will also need the rule

(d)    sqrt%28A%29=A%5E%281%2F2%29



log%28b%2Csqrt%28x%5E3y%5E2%2Fz%5E9%29%29

First we use rule (d) and rewrite the above as

log%28b%2C%28x%5E3y%5E2%2Fz%5E9%29%5E%281%2F2%29%29 

Next we use rule (c)

%281%2F2%29log%28b%2C%28x%5E3y%5E2%2Fz%5E9%29%29

Next we use rule (b)

%281%2F2%29%28log%28b%2Cx%5E3y%5E2%29-log%28b%2Cz%5E9%29%29

Next we use rule (a)

%281%2F2%29%28log%28b%2Cx%5E3%29%2Blog%28b%2Cy%5E2%29-log%28b%2Cz%5E9%29%29

Next we use rule (c) on all three terms in the
parentheses:

%281%2F2%29%283log%28b%2Cx%29%2B2log%28b%2Cy%29-9log%28b%2Cz%29%29

Distribute the %281%2F2%29

%283%2F2%29log%28b%2Cx%29%2Blog%28b%2Cy%29-%289%2F2%29log%28b%2Cz%29

Edwin