Precalculus Examples

$\frac{1}{2} \cdot \log_{6} (x) + \log_{6} (y) - 3 \log_{6} (z)$

Step 1

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.1

Simplify $\frac{1}{2} \log_{6} (x)$ by moving $\frac{1}{2}$ inside the logarithm.

$\log_{6} (x^{\frac{1}{2}}) + \log_{6} (y) - 3 \log_{6} (z)$

Step 1.2

Simplify $- 3 \log_{6} (z)$ by moving $3$ inside the logarithm.

$\log_{6} (x^{\frac{1}{2}}) + \log_{6} (y) - \log_{6} (z^{3})$

Step 2

Use the product property of logarithms, $\log_{b} (x) + \log_{b} (y) = \log_{b} (x y)$ .

$\log_{6} (x^{\frac{1}{2}} y) - \log_{6} (z^{3})$

Step 3

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

$\log_{6} (\frac{x^{\frac{1}{2}} y}{z^{3}})$

Step 4

Reorder factors in $\log_{6} (\frac{x^{\frac{1}{2}} y}{z^{3}})$ .

$\log_{6} (\frac{y x^{\frac{1}{2}}}{z^{3}})$

Step 5

Rewrite $\log_{6} (\frac{y x^{\frac{1}{2}}}{z^{3}})$ using the change of base formula.

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Step 5.1

The change of base rule can be used if $a$ and $b$ are greater than $0$ and not equal to $1$ , and $x$ is greater than $0$ .

$\log_{a} (x) = \frac{\log_{b} (x)}{\log_{b} (a)}$

Step 5.2

Substitute in values for the variables in the change of base formula, using $b = 10$ .

$\frac{\log (\frac{y x^{\frac{1}{2}}}{z^{3}})}{\log (6)}$