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Find the missing part. use an improper fraction for your answer.

Nick has box brads. he uses 4 brads for the first project. nick let’s b represent the original number of brads and finds that for the second project, the number of brads he uses is 8 more than half the difference of b and 4. write an expression to represent the number of brads he uses for the second project.

If log_3(x)=4.5 and log_3(y)=3, what is log_3(x^2/y)? a. 3b. 6.75c. 6d. 1.5