Logarithm Properties and Base Change
11th Grade · Math · 20 min
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Learning Objective
I can use the properties of logarithms to rewrite expressions and apply the change of base formula to evaluate logarithms including natural logs. I can find exact values for logs without calculators
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If the base of the log and the number that the log operates on are the same, the result will be one, because anything to the first power equals itself, but if we are taking the log of one, the result will always be zero, regardless of the base.
- 2
Logarithms are essentially exponents, so log of AB equals log of A plus log of B, and log of A/B equals log of A minus log of B.
- 3
The three ways to expand logarithmic expressions are the product rule, the quotient rule, and the power rule.
