College Algebra (10th Edition)

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Chapter 6 - Section 6.5 - Properties of Logarithms - 6.5 Assess Your Understanding - Page 459: 26

Answer

$42$

Work Step by Step

Recall: (1) $\log_a{x}+\log_a{y}=\log_a{\left(xy\right)}$ (2) $a^{\log_a{b}}=b$ Use rule (1) above to obtain: \begin{align*} 5^{\log_5{6}+\log_5{7}}&=5^{\log_5{\left(6\cdot7\right)}}\\ &=5^{\log_5{42}} \end{align*} Use rule (2) above to obtain: \begin{align*} 5^{\log_5{\left(42\right)}}&=42 \end{align*}
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