Precalculus Examples

$3 \log_{5} (x) - \log_{5} (2 y)$

Step 1

Rewrite $\log_{5} (2 y)$ as $\log_{5} (2) + \log_{5} (y)$ .

$3 \log_{5} (x) - (\log_{5} (2) + \log_{5} (y))$

Step 2

Apply the distributive property.

$3 \log_{5} (x) - \log_{5} (2) - \log_{5} (y)$