Exponential functions and logarithms: Logarithms
Equations and inequalities containing logarithms with different bases
When logarithms with different bases are present in an equation or inequality, the calculation rule
helps to convert all logarithms into logarithms with the same base.
The examples below show how it works.
The given equation is:
The first step is to equalize the bases. It doesn't matter what base you take. Here we set the bases equal to . So:
The left-hand side can be simplified:
So
Thus:
On the basis of the definition of the logarithm with base 2 we get:
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