Sunday, March 25, 2012

Laws of Logarithms

If M and N are positive real numbers and a is a positive number other than 1 then:

1. logMN = logM + logN

2. logM/N = logM - logN

3. logM = logN if and only if M = N

4. logM^k = klogM for any real number k. use when solving an exponential.

Ex 1. log(MN)^2 = 2logM + 2logN

Ex 2. logM/N^2 = logM - 2logN

Ex 3. log M^3N/2 = 3logP + logN - log2

Ex 4. logMsqrtN/B = logMN^1/2 / B

= logM + 1/2logN - logB

Ex 5. log1/M = log1 - logM

Ex 6. log2 + log3 + log4 = log25

Ex 7. log8+ log5 - log4 = log40/4 = log10

Ex 8. 1/2log9 + log5 = log3 + log5 = log15

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