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Algebra Level 2

If log ( a b 3 ) = log ( a 2 b ) = 1 \log (ab^3) = \log(a^2 b) = 1 , find log ( a b ) \log(ab) .

1/5 5/3 3/5 2/5

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Prince Loomba
Apr 17, 2016

a 2 b = a b 3 = > a = b 2 = > l o g b 5 = 1 , l o g ( a b ) = l o g ( b 3 ) = 3 × 1 / 5 a^{2}b=ab^{3} => a=b^{2} =>log b^{5}=1, log (ab)=log (b^{3})=3 \times 1/5

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Harshit Mittal - 5 years, 1 month ago

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Short and sweet. Thankyou

Prince Loomba - 5 years, 1 month ago
Harshit Mittal
Feb 2, 2016

l o g ( a 2 b ) log(a^2 b) = 1
a 2 b a^2 b = 10
b = 10 a 2 \frac{10}{a^2} ......(1)
l o g ( a b 3 ) log(ab^3) = 1
a b 3 ab^3 = 10
a = 10 b 3 \frac{10}{b^3} ............(2)
Substituting value of 'a' in equation (1) , we get,
b 5 b^5 = 10 ........(3)
Substituting value of 'b' in equation (2) , we get, a 5 a^5 = 100 ...........(4)
Multiplying Equation (3) and (4) , we get,
( a 5 a^5 ) x ( b 5 b^5 ) = 1000
Putting Log on both the sides, we get,
l o g ( a b ) 5 log (ab)^5 = 3
5 l o g ( a b ) 5 log (ab) = 3
l o g ( a b ) log(ab) = 3 5 \frac{3}{5}


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