Asked by htht

Sam is proving the product property of logarithms.
Step Justification
mc030-1.jpg Given
mc030-2.jpg Substitution


Which expression and justification completes the third step of her proof?
mc030-3.jpg; power rule of exponents
mc030-4.jpg subtraction property of exponents
mc030-5.jpg multiplication rule of exponents
mc030-6.jpg division property of exponents

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The missing step is: b^m · b^n = b^{m+n}, justified by the multiplication rule of exponents (when multiplying like bases, add the exponents).