Precalculus Examples

$\ln (\frac{x}{5 y})$

Step 1

Rewrite $\ln (\frac{x}{5 y})$ as $\ln (x) - \ln (5 y)$ .

$\ln (x) - \ln (5 y)$

Step 2

Rewrite $\ln (5 y)$ as $\ln (5) + \ln (y)$ .

$\ln (x) - (\ln (5) + \ln (y))$

Step 3

Apply the distributive property.

$\ln (x) - \ln (5) - \ln (y)$