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Tricky Logarithms

Source: 2020 AMC 12B #13

February 6, 2020
AMC 12 BAMCAMC 12logarithms2020 AMC 12B2020 AMC

Problem Statement

Which of the following is the value of log26+log36?\sqrt{\log_2{6}+\log_3{6}}?
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span>1<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span>log56<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span>2<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span>log23+log32<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span>log26+log36<span class='latex-bold'>(A) </span> 1 \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B) </span> \sqrt{\log_5{6}} \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C) </span> 2 \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D) </span> \sqrt{\log_2{3}}+\sqrt{\log_3{2}} \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E) </span> \sqrt{\log_2{6}}+\sqrt{\log_3{6}}