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Hey guys, doing the Logarithm section now so might be posting a few questions later on ^.^
1) 10^log10 3 (10 to the power log(base 10) 3 -my working; Actually got the correct answer but not sure if it's a legitimate working or just luck.
10^log10 3
log10 3 = x
10^x = 3
Therefore answer is 3, since log10 3 = x and 10^x = 3 so substituting in 10^log10 3 gives 3

2) log10 125+ log10 25+ log10 5 - my working; log10 (125*25*5) = log10(15625) Gave up here.
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The first one you should just know - a^[log_a (x)] = x. The exponential undoes the log.

log_10 (5^6) = log_10 (10^6 / 2^6) = log_10 (10^6) - log_10 (2^6) = 6 - 6*log_10 (2)
 

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The first one you should just know - a^[log_a (x)] = x. The exponential undoes the log.

log_10 (5^6) = log_10 (10^6 / 2^6) = log_10 (10^6) - log_10 (2^6) = 6 - 6*log_10 (2)
The answer for the second one is 3
 

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I've been looking at the wrong answer the whole time fml
 

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This one I didn't mix the answers up;
2log x+3 = log x^5
Thanks in advance
*all logs are base 10
 

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Find the value of x for which
(logx)(logx^2) + logx^3 -5 = 0
They're all base 10
 

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