There are 16 forwards and 40 guards in Leo's basketball league. Leo must include all players on a team and wants each team to have the same number of guards. If Leo creates the greatest number of teams possible, how many guards will be on each team?

List the multiples of each number:

16:  1, 2 , 4, 8 , 16

40: 1, 2 , 4 , 5, 8, 10, 20, 40

The greatest common multiple is 8

40 guards / 8 = 5

There will be 5 guards on each team.

you didn't post any answer choices, so its not 100% clear what your teacher is looking for

however, log(15/7) is equivalent to log(15) - log(7)

i'm using the rule log(x/y) = log(x) - log(y)

can you complete your sentence? i could !