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Use change of base to rewrite the expression, log5 16

When I solved this, I got log10 16 / log10 5

But when checking it on mathway I got log 16 / log 5

Could someone explain this?

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it's a semantics thing ... if no base is indicated , 10 is assumed

the base does not matter. log_b16/log_b5 = log₅16

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