# Thread: Domain with natural logs

1. ## Domain with natural logs

I'm working with: $f(x)=ln(x)-ln(1-4x)$ and I need to figure out the domain of this function. I know that natural logs cannot be zero or negative numbers but is there a trick to simplying this to seeing the domain easily? Thanks.

2. ## Re: Domain with natural logs

I'm working with: $f(x)=ln(x)-ln(1-4x)$ and I need to figure out the domain of this function. I know that natural logs cannot be zero or negative numbers...
You said yourself that we cannot take the log of a nonpositive number. That means we must have $x > 0$ and $1 - 4x > 0.$ Can you solve the second inequality for $x?$
I'm working with: $f(x)=ln(x)-ln(1-4x)$ and I need to figure out the domain of this function. I know that natural logs cannot be zero or negative numbers but is there a trick to simplying this to seeing the domain easily? Thanks.
note that both $x > 0$ and $1-4x > 0$
since $1-4x > 0 \implies x < \frac{1}{4}$ , the intersection of these two restrictions is $0 < x < \frac{1}{4}$ ... the domain.