Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 3 - Section 3.3 - Properties of Logarithms - Exercise Set - Page 475: 35

Answer

$\displaystyle \frac{2}{3}\log_{5}x+\frac{1}{3}\log_{5}y-\frac{2}{3}$

Work Step by Step

$\log_{5} \displaystyle \sqrt[3]{\frac{x^{2}y}{25}}=\log_{5}\left( \frac{x^{2}y}{25}\right)^{1/3}$ $\quad $...apply the Power Rule: $\quad \log_{b}(M^{p})=p\cdot\log_{b}\mathrm{M}$ $=\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}\left(\log_{5} \frac{x^{2}y}{25}\right)$ $\quad $..apply the Quotient Rule: $\displaystyle \quad \log_{b}(\frac{M}{N})=\log_{b}\mathrm{M}-\log_{b}\mathrm{N}$ $=\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}\left(\log_{5}(x^{2}y)- \log_{5}25\right)$ $\quad $...apply the Product Rule: $\quad \log_{b}(MN)=\log_{b}\mathrm{M}+\log_{b}\mathrm{N}$ $=\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}\left(\log_{5}(x^{2})+\log_{5}y- \log_{5}5^{2}\right)$ $\quad $...apply the Power Rule: $\quad \log_{b}(M^{p})=p\cdot\log_{b}\mathrm{M}$ $\quad $... also, $\log_{b}b^{x}=x\ \Rightarrow\ \log_{5}5^{2}=2$ $=\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}\left(2\log_{5}x+\log_{5}y- 2\right)\quad $... distribute $=\displaystyle \frac{2}{3}\log_{5}x+\frac{1}{3}\log_{5}y-\frac{2}{3}$
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