Precalculus Examples

$- 2 \log_{5} (x) + \log_{5} (5 x^{2}) + \frac{1}{3} \log_{5} (x - 2)$

Step 1

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.1

Simplify $- 2 \log_{5} (x)$ by moving $2$ inside the logarithm.

$- \log_{5} (x^{2}) + \log_{5} (5 x^{2}) + \frac{1}{3} \cdot \log_{5} (x - 2)$

Step 1.2

Simplify $\frac{1}{3} \log_{5} (x - 2)$ by moving $\frac{1}{3}$ inside the logarithm.

$- \log_{5} (x^{2}) + \log_{5} (5 x^{2}) + \log_{5} ({(x - 2)}^{\frac{1}{3}})$

Step 2

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

$- \log_{5} (x^{2}) + \log_{5} (5 x^{2} {(x - 2)}^{\frac{1}{3}})$