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Simplify the logarithmic expression: 10((30)/(16)) - 210((5)/(9)) + 10((48)/(243))

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log⁡10(65)\log_{10}\left(\frac{6}{5}\right)

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  1. Apply the power rule of logarithms, clog⁡b(a)=log⁡b(ac)c \log_b(a) = \log_b(a^c), to the second term.

    2log⁡10(59)=log⁡10((59)2)=log⁡10(2581)2\log_{10}\left(\frac{5}{9}\right) = \log_{10}\left(\left(\frac{5}{9}\right)^2\right) = \log_{10}\left(\frac{25}{81}\right)

    The original expression now becomes:

    log⁡10(3016)−log⁡10(2581)+log⁡10(48243)\log_{10}\left(\frac{30}{16}\right) - \log_{10}\left(\frac{25}{81}\right) + \log_{10}\left(\frac{48}{243}\right)
  2. Combine the logarithmic terms using the quotient rule, log⁡b(x)−log⁡b(y)=log⁡b(xy)\log_b(x) - \log_b(y) = \log_b\left(\frac{x}{y}\right), and the product rule, log⁡b(x)+log⁡b(y)=log⁡b(xy)\log_b(x) + \log_b(y) = \log_b(xy).

    log⁡10(30162581×48243)\log_{10}\left(\frac{\frac{30}{16}}{\frac{25}{81}} \times \frac{48}{243}\right)

    This simplifies to:

    log⁡10(3016×8125×48243)\log_{10}\left(\frac{30}{16} \times \frac{81}{25} \times \frac{48}{243}\right)
  3. Simplify the fraction inside the logarithm.

    First, simplify each individual fraction:
    3016=158\frac{30}{16} = \frac{15}{8}
    48243=16×381×3=1681\frac{48}{243} = \frac{16 \times 3}{81 \times 3} = \frac{16}{81}
    Substitute these simplified fractions back into the expression:

    log⁡10(158×8125×1681)\log_{10}\left(\frac{15}{8} \times \frac{81}{25} \times \frac{16}{81}\right)

    Cancel out common factors (81 in the numerator and denominator, and 8 with 16):

    log⁡10(151×125×21)\log_{10}\left(\frac{15}{1} \times \frac{1}{25} \times \frac{2}{1}\right)

    Multiply the remaining terms:

    log⁡10(15×225)\log_{10}\left(\frac{15 \times 2}{25}\right)

    Simplify further by dividing 15 and 25 by 5:

    log⁡10(3×25)\log_{10}\left(\frac{3 \times 2}{5}\right) log⁡10(65)\log_{10}\left(\frac{6}{5}\right)
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