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explain what is meant by a logarithm. state and use the laws of logarithms. solve simple equations requiring the use of logarithms. Contents. Introduction. Why do we study logarithms ? What is a logarithm ? if x = an then loga x = n. 4. Exercises. 5. The first law of logarithms. loga xy = loga x + loga y. 6. The second law of logarithms.
Introduction to Logarithms -A logarithm is the inverse function for an exponent; therefore, we will review exponential functions first. Review of Exponential Functions -An exponential function has the general form (𝑥)=𝑏𝑥, where 0<𝑏<1, or 𝑏>1. -b is called the base and x is called the exponent.
a > 0, a 6= 1 and b > 0 we have: loga b = c , ac = b. What does it mean? First of all the assumptions (restrictions) are important. The number a, called the base of the logarithm, has to be greater than 0 and cannot be equal to 1. The number b (which we take the logarithm of) has to be greater than 0.
Definition of a Logarithm. In the last chapter we solved and graphed “exponential equations.”. The strategy we used to solve those was to make the bases the same, set the exponents equal, and solve the resulting equation.
Logarithms. Study the statement. 100 = 102. In this statement we say that 10 is the base and 2 is the power or index. Logarithms provide an alternative way of writing a statement such as this. We rewrite it as. log10 100 = 2. This is read as ‘log to the base 10 of 100 is 2’. These alternative forms are shown in Figure 1.
Definition of Logarithm. Suppose b>0 and b≠1, there is a number ‘p’ such that: log n . p if and on. ly p b. if b n. Now a mathematician understands exactly what that means. But, many a student is left scratching their head.
Introduction to Logarithms used whole number bases for the logarithms, including base 10, which is called the common logarithm. Another logarithm, the natural logarithm, uses the number e as the base. The number e is a constant, and, like another famous constant π, e is an irrational number.
