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#1 2013-02-10 03:53:39

debjit625
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Logarithm problem

May be its simple but I can't solve it...
Show that : log2(2log(base 4) 5 + 1) = 1
gif.latex?log_{10}2(2log_{4}5+1)%20=%201

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#2 2013-02-10 03:57:42

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Re: Logarithm problem

Hi debjit625

The LaTeX on this forum isn't functioning at the moment so here is the picture with what you presumably want to show:
gif.latex?\log_{10}{2}\cdot(2\log_{4}{5}+1)=1

Do you know what gif.latex?\frac{1}{\log_{a}{b}} is equal to?


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#3 2013-02-10 04:08:23

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Re: Logarithm problem

Ok I was having problem with  Latex.... and yes thats write.

1/log(base a)b = log(base b)a ,is that what you wanted to know

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#4 2013-02-10 04:21:43

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Re: Logarithm problem

Hi debjit625

Yes, that is the one. Do you see how you can use it here?


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#5 2013-02-10 04:33:14

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Re: Logarithm problem

No,not sure.
I can use that inside the bracket to solve log(base 4) 2 to log/(base2)4 ....

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#6 2013-02-10 04:50:55

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Re: Logarithm problem

I am not sure how to do it ...still confused


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#7 2013-02-10 05:06:46

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Re: Logarithm problem

Hi

See the hidden text from my last post.


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#8 2013-02-10 18:29:38

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Re: Logarithm problem

Sorry I cant understand...
dividing both the sides by "log (base 10) 2" will give us
gif.latex?2log_45+1%20=%20log_210
2log(base 4)5 + 1 = log (base 2) 10

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#9 2013-02-10 19:01:22

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Re: Logarithm problem

That is correct. Can you proceed from here or do you need the next step?


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#10 2013-02-10 19:44:31

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Re: Logarithm problem

I need the next step ...
I am not sure how to prove LHS is equal to 1,shouldn't we only work with LHS and prove/show it is 1?

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#11 2013-02-10 23:12:11

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Re: Logarithm problem

hi debjit625

I'd get everything in the same log base.  As it is easy to get log base 4 into log base 2 that's the next step:

log(base4)5 = log(base2)5/log(base2)4 = (log(base2)5)/2

so your expression (from post 8) becomes (all logs now in base 2):

(2log5)/2 + 1 = (2log5)/2 + log2

Should be easy to finish from there.

Bob

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#12 2013-02-10 23:54:16

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Re: Logarithm problem

Well that solved the problem ,but still I have questions...
I understood that you used change base formula on LHS to change the base of
gif.latex?log_45=\frac{log_25}{log_24}=\frac{log_25}{2}

bob bundy wrote:

hi debjit625
so your expression (from post 8) becomes (all logs now in base 2):
(2log5)/2 + 1 = (2log5)/2 + log2
Bob

But what I didnt understood is that how you got it on RHS
gif.latex?2\frac{log_25}{2}

As per me its like this
gif.latex?log_{10}2(2log_45+1)%20=%201

gif.latex?2log_45%20+%201%20=%20log_210

gif.latex?2\frac{log_25}{2}%20+%201%20=%20log_2(2*5)

gif.latex?log_25%20+%201%20=%20log_22%20+%20log_25

Thanks everybody it seems I have to learn a lot ,off course from you guys...

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#13 2013-02-10 23:55:39

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Re: Logarithm problem

Hi Roy

You need to remove all spaces from those links.


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#14 2013-02-11 01:11:13

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Re: Logarithm problem

hi debjit625

What you have done is equivalent to my version.

Strictly, you should have LHS = ... = ... = ... = RHS.

But you have all the elements to re-write it like that now.

Hints:  1 = log(base n) n      for all n                    and       log(base a)b x log(base b) a = 1 for all a and b

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