The sum of two numbers increased by 5

(x+y)+5

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this, all you need is two variables to represent the 2 numbers. In this case, I used x and y. After that it says the sum of those 2 numbers increased by 5. All you need to know about that is that after x+y is done, you need to increase it by 5. So in this case,

(x+y)=5 satisfies the statement.

take the logarithm of both sides (the base of the log doesn't matter):

apply the exponent property - this says that :

distribute the log terms on both sides:

group like terms together:

divide through both sides by the coefficient on :

you can do some additional rewriting here using the properties of the logarithm to simplify things if you like: