Problem

Use the Laws of Logarithms to expand the expression.
\[
\log \left(\sqrt{t^{5}}\right)
\]

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Answer

The expanded form of the given expression is \(\boxed{\frac{5}{2} \cdot \log(t)}\)

Steps

Step 1 :Rewrite the square root as a power of 1/2: \(\log \left(t^{5/2}\right)\)

Step 2 :Use the power rule of logarithms to simplify the expression: \(\frac{5}{2} \cdot \log(t)\)

Step 3 :The expanded form of the given expression is \(\boxed{\frac{5}{2} \cdot \log(t)}\)

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