Precalculus Examples

$\ln (3 a^{b})$

Step 1

Rewrite $\ln (3 a^{b})$ as $\ln (3) + \ln (a^{b})$ .

$\ln (3) + \ln (a^{b})$

Step 2

Expand $\ln (a^{b})$ by moving $b$ outside the logarithm.

$\ln (3) + b \ln (a)$