Proving the Property of Logarithms: Examples with Exponents

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Edit: I answered my own question, I guess this thread serves no purpose so mods, you can delete this.

y = x^2
ln y = ln x^2
ln y = 2 ln x

Can we do the same thing with:

[tex]y = x^{2/x}[/tex]
[tex]ln y = ln x^{2/x}[/tex]
[tex]ln y = \frac{2}{x} x[/tex]

Would that be correct? I just want to make sure because I used this technique for differentiation.
 
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Doesn't: [tex]ln y = \frac{2}{x} x[/tex] just make it 2 :p

But from what I remember about logs, yes you can do that..
 
The OP might have already figured this out, but [itex]ln x^{2/x} = \frac{2 ln(x)}{x}[/itex], not [itex]\frac{2}{x}x[/itex]. Typo maybe?
 
gb7nash said:
The OP might have already figured this out, but [itex]ln x^{2/x} = \frac{2 ln(x)}{x}[/itex], not [itex]\frac{2}{x}x[/itex]. Typo maybe?

Yep, it was a typo.