# Thread: Basic Logirithms & Basic expanding the brackets

1. ## Basic Logirithms & Basic expanding the brackets

Hello everyone,

I need help with logarithms that are in fraction form.

such as
evaluate the following for x:

log ^ 2 x = 1/7

log ^ 2 x = 1/5

log ^ 2 x = 2/7

I also need to be sure if expanding this equation for e.g is correct?

expand the following:

(a + b) (a + b + c)

a^2 + ab + ac + ba + b^2 + bc

& do I plus the powers or times them in the brackets?

expand the following:

(a^2 + b^2) (a^3 + b^3 + c^2)

a^5 + a^2b^5 + a^2c^2 + b^2a^3 + b ^ 5 + b ^2c^ 2

2. evaluate the following for x
You must mean "solve the following for x" ? If yes, then :

$log(2x) = \frac{\ 1}{7}$
$2x = 10^{\frac{\ 1}{7}}$
$x = \frac{\ 10^{\frac{\ 1}{7}}}{2}$

$(a + b)(a + b + c)$
$a(a + b + c) + b(a + b + c)$
$a^2 + ab + ac + ba + b^2 + bc$
$a^2 + b^2 + 2ab + ac + bc$

But maybe I don't understand what you wrote, try using the LaTeX editor ?

3. Originally Posted by student0451
Hello everyone,

I need help with logarithms that are in fraction form.

such as
evaluate the following for x:

log ^ 2 x = 1/7

log ^ 2 x = 1/5

log ^ 2 x = 2/7

I also need to be sure if expanding this equation for e.g is correct?

expand the following:

(a + b) (a + b + c)

a^2 + ab + ac + ba + b^2 + bc

& do I plus the powers or times them in the brackets?

expand the following:

(a^2 + b^2) (a^3 + b^3 + c^2)

a^5 + a^2b^5 + a^2c^2 + b^2a^3 + b ^ 5 + b ^2c^ 2
1. Do you mean

$\log_2x=\frac{1}{7}$ or $\log^2x=\frac{1}{7}$ ?

4. i am so sorry about my typing,

http://www.mathhelpforum.com/math-he...6f55baf4-1.gif

it is the base of 2

log 2 x = 1/7

so 2 is the base of the log

and thank you for helping me.

Then it becomes (I think) :

$log_2(x) = \frac{\ 1}{7}$
$x = 2^{\frac{\ 1}{7}}$

When writing indicators, use the underscore char, it is much more appropriate : log_2(x).

6. Originally Posted by student0451
i am so sorry about my typing,

http://www.mathhelpforum.com/math-he...6f55baf4-1.gif

it is the base of 2

log 2 x = 1/7

so 2 is the base of the log

and thank you for helping me.
$\log_2x=\frac{1}{7}\Rightarrow{x}=2^{1/7}=\sqrt[7]{2}$

7. yep

and thank you, vondera19 & Bacterius.

I knew there was something wrong between the way I expanded brackets.