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simplifying natural logs: 2ln3 - ln5  TOPIC_SOLVED

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simplifying natural logs: 2ln3 - ln5

Postby n8washere on Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:58 pm

How would i rewrite 2ln3-ln5 as a single log?
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Re: simplifying natural logs: 2ln3 - ln5  TOPIC_SOLVED

Postby nona.m.nona on Mon Aug 01, 2011 2:34 pm

n8washere wrote:How would i rewrite 2ln3-ln5 as a single log?

You would use log rules to take the multiplier inside the first log as an exponent, and then combine the subtracted logs into one log.
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