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PROPERTIES OF LOGARITHMS

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Page 1: You’ve gotten good at solving exponential equations with logs… … but how would you handle something like this?

PROPERTIES OF LOGARITHMS

Page 2: You’ve gotten good at solving exponential equations with logs… … but how would you handle something like this?

You’ve gotten good at solving exponential equations with logs…

… but how would you handle something like this?

733 4log2log x

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Properties of Logarithms

1. Product Property2. Quotient Property3. Power Property

The log bases must be the same in order to apply these properties!

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Product Property

NMMN bbb logloglog

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Quotient Property

NMN

Mbbb logloglog

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Power Property

MxM bx

b loglog

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To condense: Rewrite as one logarithm

To expand: Rewrite as multiple logarithm

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Example 1: Condense the following logarithmic expression.

4log20log 33

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Example 2: Condense the following logarithmic expression.

yx 22 loglog3

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Example 3: Condense the following logarithmic expressions.

16log4log2log3

9log9log3 62

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Example 4: Expand the following logarithmic expression.

y

x5log

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Example 5: Condense the following logarithmic expression.

43log r

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Example 6: Condense the following logarithmic expressions.

2

3log

y

437log ba