SOLUTION: Hi, I'm Ali. I need some help understanding how to simplify and solve logarithms. It's really confusing me and my teacher isn't doing much to help. Ex: 1) log(2)xy-log(2)x^2 Ho

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Question 450128: Hi, I'm Ali. I need some help understanding how to simplify and solve logarithms. It's really confusing me and my teacher isn't doing much to help.
Ex:
1) log(2)xy-log(2)x^2
How would you simplify this???

Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 
Hi

1) log(2)xy-log(2)x^2 = log(2) xy/x^2 = log(2) y/x
In general, following true for logarithms