This document provides information about logarithms including:
- The definition of logarithms and their relationship to exponents
- Examples of evaluating logarithmic expressions
- Properties of logarithms including product, quotient, and power properties
- How to expand and condense logarithmic expressions using these properties
- How to solve logarithmic equations by using the properties of logarithms.
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2. LOGARITHMS
exponential logarithmic
m
b A logb ( A) m
b>0
A>0
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3. exponential logarithmic
m
b A logb ( A) m
2
3 9 log3 (9) 2
53 125 log5 (125) 3
3 1 1
2 8
log2 8 3
1 5
2 32 log1 (32) 5
2
y
x 2 log2 ( x) y
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4. Evaluate
log5 (25) u
u
5 25
u 2
5 5
u 2
log5 (25) 2
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5. Evaluate
log3 (81) u
u
3 81
u 4
3 3
u 4
log3 (81) 4
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6. Evaluate 1
log2 32 u
u 1
2 32
u 1
2 25
2u 2 5
u 5
1
log2 32 5
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7. Try this!!
log7 (7) u
u
7 7
u 1
7 7
u 1
log7 (7) 1
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8. Try this!!
Solve for x
logx(32) = 5
x5 = 32
x5 = 25
x = 2
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9. Try this!!
loga (1)
? 0
a 1
loga (1) 0
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10. Try this!!
loga (a)
? 1
a a
loga (a) 1
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17. Power Property
m n mn
a a
p logb(m p )
logb(mp ) = p?logb(m)
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18. Power Property
7
log2 2 7 log2 (2)
7 71
7 7
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19. Power Property
n
log a a n
n.log a ( a )
n.1
n
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20. Change of Base Formula
logb x
loga x
logb a
log x
log a x
log a
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21. log b 1 1
log a b
log a log a logb a
log b
log b log c log c
log a b.logb c . log a c
log a log b log a
n
n log b n.log b n
log am b m
.log a b
log a m.log a m
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22. Expand 3 2
log5 ( x y )
3 2
product property log5 ( x ) log5 ( y )
power property 3 log5 ( x) 2 log5 ( y)
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23. Expand x7
log 5 y2 z5
7 2 5
quotient property log5 ( x ) log5 ( y z )
product property log5 ( x )7 2
log5 ( y ) 5
log5 ( z )
distributive property log5 ( x )7 2
log5 ( y ) 5
log5 ( z )
power property 7 log5 ( x) 2 log5 ( y) 5 log5 ( z)
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24. Condense
5 log3 x 6 log3 y 2 log3 z
power property log3 x 5
log3 y 6
log3 z 2
product property log3 x y 5 6
log3 z 2
x5 y 6
quotient property log 3 z2
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25. Condense
1
2 log10 x 2 log10 y 4 log10 z
1
2 4
Power property log10 x 2
log10 y log10 z
1
2 4
group / factor log10 x 2
log10 y log10 z
1
product property
2 4
log10 x 2
log10 y z
1
quotient property log10 x2
log x
y2z4 10 y 2 z 4
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37. Solve exponential equation with
logarithms
x x 2
5 49 5 7 ????????
log 5 x log 7 2 x.log 5 2.log 7
log 7
x 2.
log 5
x 2.log 5 7
38. Solve for x
4x 2
log 5 log 7
(4 x) log(5) (2) log(7)
4 log(5) 4 log(5)
2 log( 7 )
x 4 log(5 )
log(7 2 )
x log(54 )
x log 625 (49)
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39. Solve for x
x 2 x 1
log 3 log 5
( x 2) log(3) ( x 1) log(5)
x log(3) 2 log(3) x log(5) 1log(5)
x log(3) x log(5) log(5) 2 log(3)
x log(3) log(5) log(5) 2 log(3)
5
log( ) 5
x 9
3
x log 3 ( )
log( ) ( ) 9
5 5
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