📘 algebra, calculus, set theory

1. (a) Evaluate $3 \log_2 4 + \frac{1}{2} \log_2 16 - \frac{1}{3} \log_2 8$. - Recall that $\log_b a^n = n \log_b a$ and $\log_2 4 = 2$, $\log_2 16 = 4$, $\log_2 8 = 3$.