SOLUTION: Please help me understand how to solve this problem, specifically what to do with the fraction.. 1/7(log base 6 (x)+3log base 6 (y)) I can understand that it becomes log base 6

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Question 998302: Please help me understand how to solve this problem, specifically what to do with the fraction..
1/7(log base 6 (x)+3log base 6 (y))
I can understand that it becomes log base 6 (xy^3), but do I distribute the 1/7 or change it to the 7th square root?

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Please help me understand how to solve this problem, specifically what to do with the fraction..
1/7(log base 6 (x)+3log base 6 (y))
I can understand that it becomes log base 6 (xy^3), but do I distribute the 1/7 or change it to the 7th square root?
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log%286%2Cxy%5E3%29 is 1 term, no distributing.
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log%286%2Cxy%5E3%29%2F7+=+log%286%2Croot%287%2Cxy%5E3%29%29