Question

Hello! Can I get some help with calculus please? #14 and #18. Don't forget to show your work. I appreciate the help! ​

Answer 1

Answer:

14. 5log3(x) -2log3(y)

18. ln(x+1) -2ln(x)

Step-by-step explanation:

The relevant rules of logarithms are ...

log(ab) = log(a) +log(b)

log(a^b) = b·log(a)

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14. Applying the first rule gives ...

log3(x^5) +log3(y^-2)

Applying the second rule gives ...

5·log3(x) -2·log3(y)

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18. The log of a sum cannot be simplified. We can make this be a simpler expression so that the log of it will be fairly simple.

ln(1/x +1/x^2) = ln(x/x^2 +1/x^2) = ln((x+1)/x^2)

Now, we can apply rule 1 to get ...

ln(x+1) +ln(1/x^2)

and applying rule 2 gives ...

ln(x+1) -2ln(x)