Precalculus Examples

$\log_{5} (2 y) + \log_{5} (8)$

Step 1

Use the product property of logarithms, $\log_{b} (x) + \log_{b} (y) = \log_{b} (x y)$ .

$\log_{5} (2 y \cdot 8)$

Step 2

Multiply $8$ by $2$ .

$\log_{5} (16 y)$