Precalculus Examples

$\log (1000000) - \log (1000)$

Step 1

Use the quotient property of logarithms, $\log_{b} (x) - \log_{b} (y) = \log_{b} (\frac{x}{y})$ .

$\log (\frac{1000000}{1000})$

Step 2

Logarithm base $10$ of $\frac{1000000}{1000}$ is $3$ .

$3$