You can put this solution on YOUR website! Use the Laws of Logarithms to expand the expression.
log sqrt( x^3 + 2)/(x^2 + 8)(x^2 − 5)^9
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= (1/2)log(x^3+2)-log[(x^2+8)*(x^2-5)^9]
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= (1/2)log(x^3+2)- log(x^2+8)-9log(x^2-5)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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