lo g 1 0 ( 1 5 − 1 4 ) < lo g 0 . 1 ( 1 6 − 1 5 )
State the above inequality as True/False.
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Yes, good use simply identifying the "conjugates" and change of base in logarithms. Well done.
{ 1 5 − 1 4 < 1 1 6 − 1 5 < 1 lo g 1 0 1 5 − 1 4 < 0 lo g 1 0 1 6 − 1 5 < 0
But lo g 0 . 1 1 6 − 1 5 = lo g 1 0 0 . 1 lo g 1 0 1 6 − 1 5 = − 1 lo g 1 0 1 6 − 1 5 > 0
⇒ lo g 1 0 1 5 − 1 4 < lo g 0 . 1 1 6 − 1 5 is T r u e
Using graph of logarithmic function for base <1 & base>1 we can see that argument of logarithm in both cases lies in (0,1) and on LHS base >1 => LHS <0 i.e negative while on RHS ,base <1 => RHS >0 i.e positive.
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We need to state whether l o g 1 0 ( 1 5 − 1 4 ) < l o g 0 . 1 ( 1 6 − 1 5 ) is true.
Using property of logarithms,
l o g 1 0 ( 1 5 − 1 4 ) < l o g 1 0 ( 1 6 − 1 5 ) 1 )
Rationalising,
l o g 1 0 ( 1 5 − 1 4 ) < l o g 1 0 ( 1 6 + 1 5 )
This statement is obviously true as lo g 1 0 x is a monotonically increasing function.