Common Algebra Mistakes
Fragment: Rules of Logarithms

The Mistake Fragment

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The Correction

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An Explanation

A constant multiple cannot be factored out from inside a logarithm (the logarithm is not a linear function). The correct rule to use is ln(ab) = ln(a) + ln(b).

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