It is given in the question that
Ann, Chang, and Kareem sent a total of 89 text messages over their cell phones during the weekend. Ann sent 9 fewer messages than Chang. Kareem sent 3 times as many messages as Ann.
Let number of messages Chang sent be x. And Ann sent 9 fewer than Chang, so Ann sent (x-9) messages. And Kareem sent 3 times as many messages as Ann, so Kareem sent 3(x-9) messages.
And the total messages are 89. That is

Combining like terms

So Chang sent 25 messages, Ann sent

And Kareem sent

Answer:
log[3(x+4)] is equal to log(3) + log(x + 4), which corresponds to choice number three.
Step-by-step explanation:
By the logarithm product rule, for two nonzero numbers
and
,
.
Keep in mind that a logarithm can be split into two only if the logarithm contains the product or quotient of two numbers.
For example,
is the number in the logarithm
. Since
is a product of the two numbers
and
, the logarithm
can be split into two. By the logarithm product rule,
.
However,
cannot be split into two since the number inside of it is a sum rather than a product. Hence choice number three is the answer to this question.