Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 3 - Section 3.3 - Properties of Logarithms - Exercise Set - Page 476: 116

Answer

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Work Step by Step

a. Let $y=1$, we have $log(x+1)=log(x)+log1=log(x)$ b. Graph the left side and right side functions as shown in the figure. We can see that the two curves are different, indicating that $log(x+1)\ne log(x)$. Thus the original statement is not true.
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