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Chase.
Dec8-11, 09:14 PM
1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data
Express in terms of logarithms x, y, z or w.

Problem:

loga(x8w/y2z4)


2. Relevant equations

log(u/w) = log u - log w
log(uw) = log u + log w

3. The attempt at a solution

Here are my attempts:

http://i.imgur.com/owyu2.png

As you can see, the answers are pretty similar. I'm assuming I made a small syntactical mistake.

Chase.
Dec8-11, 09:22 PM
Nevermind... realized that I didn't bring the exponents out front.