5/27/2017 AlgebraLogarithmFunctions

Example1Evaluateeachofthefollowinglogarithms.
(a) [Solution]
(b) [Solution]
(c) [Solution]

(d) [Solution]
(e) [Solution]

(f) [Solution]

Solution
Now,therealityisthatevaluatinglogarithmsdirectlycanbeavery
difficultprocess,evenforthosewhoreallyunderstandthem.Itis
usuallymucheasiertofirstconvertthelogarithmformintoexponential
form.Inthatformwecanusuallygettheanswerprettyquickly.

(a)
Okaywhatwearereallyaskinghereisthefollowing.

Assuggestedabove,letsconvertthistoexponentialform.


Mostpeoplecannotevaluatethelogarithm rightoffthetopof
theirhead.However,mostpeoplecandeterminetheexponentthatwe
needon4toget16oncewedotheexponentiation.So,since,

wemusthavethefollowingvalueofthelogarithm.

[ReturntoProblems]

(b)
Thisoneissimilartothepreviouspart.Letsfirstconvertto
exponentialform.


Ifyoudontknowthisanswerrightoffthetopofyourhead,starttrying
numbers.Inotherwords,compute , , ,etcuntilyouget16.In
thiscaseweneedanexponentof4.Therefore,thevalueofthis
logarithmis,


Beforemovingontothenextpartnoticethatthebaseontheseisav

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