Exponential and Logarithmic Functions - Laws of Logarithms

Exponential and Logarithmic Functions - Laws of Logarithms

IP 3

Show that for any positive numbers \(b\), \(d\) and for any positive numbers \(a\), \(c\) that are not equal to \(1\), it holds that \(\left( {{\log }_{a}}b \right)\left( {{\log }_{c}}d \right)=\left( {{\log }_{a}}d \right)\left( {{\log }_{c}}b \right)\).

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Answer:Both sides equal \(\dfrac{\ln b\,\ln d}{\ln a\,\ln c}\).

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