Chapter 9 - Section 9.7 - Common Logarithms, Natural Logarithms, and Change of Base - Exercise Set - Page 586: 94

Please see the graph.

$f(x)= log (x-2)$ $x=12$ $f(x)= log {x-2}$ $f(12)= log {12-2}$ $f(12)= log 10$ $f(12)= 1$ $x=3$ $f(x)= log {x-2}$ $f(3)= log {3-2}$ $f(3)= log 1$ $f(3)=0$ $x=102$ $f(x)= log {x-2}$ $f(102) =log {102-2}$ $f(102)= log 100$ $f(102)= log 10^2$ $f(102)= 2$ $(3,0)$, $(12, 1)$, and $(102,2)$ are on the curve.