Question 387362
use the properties of logarithms to elimate products, quotients and exponents from the following expression: log3[9 sqrt(x-5)/(x-1)^(5)] 
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= log3[9*sqrt(x-5)] - log3[(x-1)^5]
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= log3[9) + log3(x-5) - 5log3(x-1)
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cheers,
Stan H.