# Thread: Compare numbers with logarithm exponents

1. ## Compare numbers with logarithm exponents

Can you please compare the numbers 3^log4 of 5 and 5^ log4 of 3, just to make it clear the bases are equal and are 4. Please help me with this problem

2. ## Re: Compare numbers with logarithm exponents

Originally Posted by Jkanariya
Can you please compare the numbers 3^log4 of 5 and 5^ log4 of 3, just to make it clear the bases are equal and are 4. Please help me with this problem
I used a circuitous method involving taking the log of both sides and then using the change of base rule.

$3^{\log_4(5)} = 5^{\log_4(3)}$

$\log_4(5)\ln(3) = \log_4(3)\ln(5)$

$\dfrac{\ln(5)\ln(3)}{\ln(4)} = \dfrac{\ln(3)\ln(5)}{\ln(4)}$

Hence they're equal.

3. ## Re: Compare numbers with logarithm exponents

Hello, Jkanariya!

$\text{Compare }\:3^{\log_45}\,\text{ and }\,5^{\log_43}$

They are equal!

$\text{Let }\,3^{\log_45} \,=\,P$

$\text{Take logs, base 4:}$
. . $\log_4\left(3^{\log_45}\right) \:=\:\log_4P \quad\Rightarrow\quad (\log_45)(\log_43) \:=\:\log_4P \;\;{\bf[1]}$

$\text{Let }\,5^{\log_43} \,=\,Q$

$\text{Take logs, base 4:}$
. . $\log_4\left(5^{\log_43}\right) \:=\:\log_4Q \quad\Rightarrow\quad (\log_43)(\log_45) \:=\:\log_4Q\;\;{\bf[2]}$

$\text{Equate }{\bf[1]}\text{ and }{\bf[2]}\!:\;\;\log_4P \:=\:\log_4Q \quad\Rightarrow\quad P \:=\:Q$

$\text{Therefore: }\:3^{\log_45} \;=\;5^{\log_43}$

4. ## Re: Compare numbers with logarithm exponents

Thanks but there is something i dont understand why is Log4 of P = (log4 of 3)(log4 of 5)?