How do you condense 3log_3x+4log_3y-4log_3z?

1 Answer
Dec 29, 2016

log_3((x^3y^4)/(z^4))

Explanation:

Using the color(blue)"laws of logarithms"

color(orange)"Reminder " color(red)(bar(ul(|color(white)(2/2)color(black)(logx^nhArrnlogx)color(white)(2/2)|)))

rArr3log_3x+4log_3y-4log_3z

=log_3x^3+log_3y^4-log_3z^4

color(red)(bar(ul(|color(white)(2/2)color(black)(logx+logy=log(xy), logx-logy=log(x/y))color(white)(2/2)|)))

rArrlog_3x^3+log_3y^4=log_3(x^3y^4)

rArrlog_3(x^3y^4)-log_3z^4=log_3((x^3y^4)/(z^4))