Edexcel Paper 1 2019 June — Question 9

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModulePaper 1 (Paper 1)
Year2019
SessionJune
TopicLaws of Logarithms

  1. Given that \(a > b > 0\) and that \(a\) and \(b\) satisfy the equation
$$\log a - \log b = \log ( a - b )$$
  1. show that $$a = \frac { b ^ { 2 } } { b - 1 }$$ (3)
  2. Write down the full restriction on the value of \(b\), explaining the reason for this restriction.