SOLUTION: how do you simplify 6log(5)x - 2log(5)x

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Question 819853: how do you simplify 6log(5)x - 2log(5)x
Answer by jsmallt9(3758) About Me  (Show Source):
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The easiest way to solve this requires that we recognize that these terms are like terms. (Like logarithmic terms have the same bases and the same arguments.)

So exactly like 6q - 2q - 4q:
6log(5)x - 2log(5)x = 4log(5)x