log question help

[Almonds]

Hi, don't know if this belongs in intermediate/ advance, tell me if it doesn't. I just need some help with the following:

 

[Almonds]

Well, there's the problem. You delete the context, how can we know if there was an actual question? Obvious or not?

If you're interested (probably not) the question was this:

 

[Otis]

That's a good exercise for practicing properties of exponents and logarithms. I used a few properties of each type, getting my answer.

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[tkhunny]

If you're interested (probably not) the question was this:

You are mistaken. I'm ALWAYS interested. Thank you for restoring what was lost.