Log Concepts and Functions
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- Deriving and Understanding Log Rules Using the Definition Logarithms have some pretty cool properties. Let's dive in and check some of them out. Recall (or maybe not: that's oka…
By Rajiv Movva, Victor Wang
- What is a logarithm? A logarithm is the inverse function to exponents. If you don't have a full grasp on exponents, please click here to refresh yourself! We will begin with loo…
By Sarah Walker, Victor Wang
Problems 5
- What is log1010000\log_{10} 10000log1010000?
- At the beginning of the year 2016, the US national debt was approximately 19 billion. What is the base 10 logarithm of this number, rounded to the nearest integer?
- What is log1049\log_{10} 49log1049, rounded to the nearest integer?
- Say you needed to find the square root of a very large number or the square of a very large number. How would you adjust the scales on this graph to predict any square or square…
- How would you adjust this graph to predict other values using the data points marked, and knowing that the trend line follows a general form of y=axky = ax^ky=axk?