SOLUTION: stuck on this problem and im using the ^5 as the lower small number on the logs log 125 + log 5 ^5 ^5

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Question 483426: stuck on this problem and im using the ^5 as the lower small number on the logs
log 125 + log 5
^5 ^5
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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log%285%2C125%29+%2B+log%285%2C5%29
125+=+5%5E3 so log%285%2C125%29+=+3
log%285%2C125%29+%2B+log%285%2C5%29+=+3+%2B+1
= 4
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If it's not obvious that 5^3 = 125, then
log%285%2C125%29+%2B+log%285%2C5%29+=+log%285%2C625%29
log%285%2C625%29+=+log%28625%29%2Flog%285%29+=+4