SOLUTION: use properties of logarithms to condense the logarithmic expression log3 54-log3 2

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Question 47010: use properties of logarithms to condense the logarithmic expression
log3 54-log3 2
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use properties of logarithms to condense the logarithmic expression
X=log3 54-log3 2
SINCE BOTH ARE TO BASE 3 WE CAN OMIT THE BASE
LOG(54)-LOG(2)=LOG(54/2)=LOG(27) TO BASE 3 LET IT BE =X
SO X^3=27=3^3
X=3