Write the expression as a sum and/or difference of logarithms. Express powers as factors.

Questions

(1) Why is it specified that x > 4?

(2) What is the importance of the following fact?

[MATH]\text {Given } a > 0, \ a \ne 1, \text { and } x > 0, \text { then } log_a(b) = c \iff a^c = b[/MATH]?

(3) How does this relate to the laws of logarithms?

(4) What laws of logarithms might be relevant to this problem?
 
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