Eric Nicholas K's answer to hi's Secondary 4 E Maths Singapore question.

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hi
Hi
4 years ago
why the base can change to y?
Eric Nicholas K
Eric Nicholas K
4 years ago
The change of base rule allows you to pick any base which is more than 1.

You can choose to change to any compliant base.

Of course, I choose y because the expression to be proved contains base y and it is given that y > 1.