Precalculus Examples

$\log (50) - \log (5)$

Step 1

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

$\log (\frac{50}{5})$

Step 2

Logarithm base $10$ of $\frac{50}{5}$ is $1$ .

$1$