Answer
$2\log{a}$
Work Step by Step
Recall the power property of logarithms (pg. 462):
$\log_b{m^n}=n\log_b{m}$
We apply this to the given expression ($b=10, m=a, n=2$) to obtain:
$\log{a^2}=2\log{a}$
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