Precalculus Examples

$\log_{8} (\frac{x}{8})$

Step 1

Rewrite $\log_{8} (\frac{x}{8})$ as $\log_{8} (x) - \log_{8} (8)$ .

$\log_{8} (x) - \log_{8} (8)$

Step 2

Logarithm base $8$ of $8$ is $1$ .

$\log_{8} (x) - 1 \cdot 1$

Step 3

Multiply $- 1$ by $1$ .

$\log_{8} (x) - 1$