How do you evaluate Log 4 – log 400,000?

1 Answer
Jun 2, 2016

-5

Explanation:

Use log ab = log a + log b, log a^n = n log a and log 10 =1

Here, log 4 - log 200000=log 4 - log(4X 100000)

=log 4 - (log 4 + log !0^5)

= -5 log 10 = -5 (1) = -5