Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Laws of Logarithms

TO STUDY FOR FINALS:

3 Laws of Logarithms:

1. logbxy = logbx + logby
"The logarithm of a product is equal to the sumof the logarithms of each factor."

2. logbxy= logbx − logby
"The logarithm of a quotient is equal to the logarithm of the numeratorminus the logarithm of the denominator."

3. logb x n = n logbx
"The logarithm of a power of x is equal to the exponent of that power times the logarithm of x."

Problems to solve with Log:

a) log ab/c
b) ln (sin²x ln x)
c) ln (a2x − 1 b5x + 1 )´

2 comments:

mpooh said...

Answers:
Rewriting with Log Laws

a) log a + log b − log c

b)ln sin²x + ln ln x
= 2ln sin x + ln ln x

c) ln a2x − 1 + ln b5x + 1
= (2x − 1) ln a + (5x + 1)ln b

mpooh said...

Remember: logb (bx) = x

More problems with Log:
log2 (2m) = ?
log3 (1/9).
log2 (.25) = ?