Example
E valuating
L ogarithms
Write
t he
f ollowing
i n
e xponential
f orm
t hen
e valuate
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3a)
l og
8
3b)log
16
3c)log
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FREEZE!
L ogarithm
W ar
T ime
Properties
o f
L ogarithm
Complete
c olumns
1
–
3
f irst
t hen
m ake
a
c onjecture.
log
log
log
( ∙
)
log
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10
log
10 =
____
log
1000 =
____
log
10 ∙ 1000 = ____
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log
= ____
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1000
8
log
8 =
____
log
4 =
____
log
8 ∙ 4 = ____
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log
= ____
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4
27
log
27 = ____
log
9 = ____
log
27 ∙ 9 = ____
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log
=
_____
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9
Complete
t he
f ollowing
t able
a nd
d iscuss
t he
r esults.
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!
log
log
log
________log
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!
3log
10 =
____
log
10
= ____
log
10
______3log
10
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log
4
= ____
2log
4 =
____
log
4
______2log
4
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Discussion
( Properties
o f
l ogarithm)
a) What
c onjecture
c an
y ou
m ake
a bout
t he
r elationship
b etween log
,
l og
,
a nd
l og
∙ ?
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b) What
c onjecture
c an
y ou
m ake
a bout
t he
r elationship
b etween
l og
,
l og
,
a nd
l og
?
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c) What
c onjecture
c an
y ou
m ake
a bout
t he
r elationship
b etween
l og
a nd
log
?
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Product
P roperty
Quotient
P roperty
Power
P roperty
!
log
=
log
=
!
!
log
=
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Example
W riting
P roperties
a nd
C ombining
a s
a
S ingle
L ogarithm
State
t he
p roperty
o r
p roperties
a nd
r ewrite
e ach
e xpression
a s
a
s ingle
l og.
1a)
l og
8 + log
5
1b)
l og
27 − log
3
1c)
2 log
+ 3log
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1d)
3 log
2 − 2log
5
1e)
2 log
8 − log
4 + 3log
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