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[C2] Logarithm help

I was doing C2. Doing the mixed excercises in the edexcel c2 textbook and one question was

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username2130115

convert the two logarithms into exponential equations and solve them simultaneously

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themuph

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Original post by Semaphore

you are correct but you are not allowed to post answers in the help section

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Original post by themuph

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that is equivalent to the simplified logarithmic form, but it is not in the exponential form. if you want to convert log base a b = c into something like 2^2=4 what do you do? you must apply one of the rules of logarithms. which one, however, is for you to figure out