Precalculus Examples

$\log_{4} (512) - \log_{4} (2)$

Step 1

Use the quotient property of logarithms, $\log_{b} (x) - \log_{b} (y) = \log_{b} (\frac{x}{y})$ .

$\log_{4} (\frac{512}{2})$

Step 2

Logarithm base $4$ of $\frac{512}{2}$ is $4$ .

$4$