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Properties of Logarithms
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Product Rule: log ( ) log loga a aMN M N
Quotient Rule: log log loga a aM M NN
Power Rule: log logra aM r M
log lnloglog lnaM MMa a
Change of Base Formula:
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-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6
-6-5-4-3-2-1
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The inverse function of an Exponential functionsis a log function.
f 1(x) loga xDomain:Range:Key Points:Asymptotes:
Graphing Logarithmic Functions
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Section 4.5Properties of Logarithms
Condense and Expand Logarithmic Expressions.
Rewrite expression to get same base on each side of equal sign.
where u and v are expressions in x
If au av , then uv
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Type 1. Solving Exponential Equations
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Exponential Equations with base eTreat as a number.
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2 1 2
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vuee v then ,ue
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xx ee
e
1
56 )(e 4)2 ee xx
Rewrite these expressions to have a single base e on both sides of the equation
Type 2 Solving: Log = Log
If then u = v vu aa loglog
)(log2log 5) 233 xx
When solving log functions, we must check that a solution lies in the domain!
)64ln(13ln( 6) x)x
Type 3. Solving: Log ( ) = Constant• Isolate and rewrite as exponential
3)12(og 7) 2 xl
2)7(log6-32 8) 23 x
4)6(log4 9) 27 xx
)1ln( 10-8007 10) t
Type 4: Exponential = ConstantIsolate exponential part and rewrite as log
210 )11 3 m
55 12) 1 xe
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1. Power Rule“Expanding a logarithmic expression”Rewrite using the power rule.
15 )3(og 2) xl
)ln( 1) x
2. Product Rule“Expanding a logarithmic expression”
Rewrite using the Product Rule.
))4(ln( 2) 32 xe
3)1)(4(og 3) xxl
)3(og 1) 45 xl
3. Quotient Rule“Expanding a logarithmic expression”
Rewrite using the Quotient Rule.
2416og 1)x
l
4. Expand the following expressions completely
1 23
2( 2)2) ln
1xx
xx
25log 1) 2
5. Condensing Logarithmic Expressions
Rewrite as a single log expression
32log2og 1) 44 l
)log(3-4xog 2) xl
1)ln(x41ln(x)2 3)
Coefficients of logarithms must be 1 before you can condense them.
233 3 32) 15log log 9 log 9x x
2xlog31-1)log(2x4log(x)
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More practice….
7. Change-of-Base Formulalog lnloglog lnaM MMa a
Example.Find an approximation for )5(log2