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Use the properties of logarithms to expand the following expression.

[tex]\[ \log \left(\sqrt[3]{\frac{(x+7)^4}{x^5}}\right) \][/tex]

Your answer should not have radicals or exponents. You may assume that all variables are positive.

[tex]\[ \log \left(\sqrt[3]{\frac{(x+7)^4}{x^5}}\right) = \square \][/tex]


Sagot :

Sure, let's expand the given logarithmic expression step by step using properties of logarithms.

Given expression:
[tex]\[ \log \left(\sqrt[3]{\frac{(x+7)^4}{x^5}}\right) \][/tex]

1. Apply the radical rule of logarithms:
The cube root of an expression can be written as an exponent of [tex]\(\frac{1}{3}\)[/tex]:

[tex]\[ \sqrt[3]{\frac{(x+7)^4}{x^5}} = \left(\frac{(x+7)^4}{x^5}\right)^{\frac{1}{3}} \][/tex]

Thus, the logarithmic expression becomes:
[tex]\[ \log \left(\left(\frac{(x+7)^4}{x^5}\right)^{\frac{1}{3}}\right) \][/tex]

2. Apply the power rule of logarithms:
[tex]\(\log(a^b) = b \log(a)\)[/tex]. So, we can bring the [tex]\(\frac{1}{3}\)[/tex] exponent to the front of the logarithm:

[tex]\[ \log \left(\left(\frac{(x+7)^4}{x^5}\right)^{\frac{1}{3}}\right) = \frac{1}{3} \log \left(\frac{(x+7)^4}{x^5}\right) \][/tex]

3. Apply the quotient rule of logarithms:
[tex]\(\log\left(\frac{a}{b}\right) = \log(a) - \log(b)\)[/tex]. Therefore, we can split the logarithm of the fraction:

[tex]\[ \frac{1}{3} \log \left(\frac{(x+7)^4}{x^5}\right) = \frac{1}{3} \left( \log((x+7)^4) - \log(x^5) \right) \][/tex]

4. Apply the power rule of logarithms again:
[tex]\(\log(a^b) = b \log(a)\)[/tex]. We can move the exponents in [tex]\(\log((x+7)^4)\)[/tex] and [tex]\(\log(x^5)\)[/tex] to the front:

[tex]\[ \frac{1}{3} \left( \log((x+7)^4) - \log(x^5) \right) = \frac{1}{3} \left( 4 \log(x+7) - 5 \log(x) \right) \][/tex]

5. Distribute the [tex]\(\frac{1}{3}\)[/tex] across the terms within the parentheses:

[tex]\[ \frac{1}{3} \left( 4 \log(x+7) - 5 \log(x) \right) = \frac{4}{3} \log(x+7) - \frac{5}{3} \log(x) \][/tex]

Therefore, the expanded form of the given logarithmic expression is:
[tex]\[ \boxed{\frac{4}{3} \log(x+7) - \frac{5}{3} \log(x)} \][/tex]