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Short Indices and Logarithms

Prepared by Ladybird Indices and Logarithms (Quick Revision) Indices Indices some call it exponentiation, can be written as n a Laws of Indices: a m × a n = a m+ n a m ÷ a n = a m−n ( am ) ( ab ) n = a mn n = a nb n an a   = n b b Zero index → a 0 = 1 , a ≠ 0 1 Negative index → a − n = n a Fractional index → 1 an n = a ; n m an = ( a) n m Logarithms Logarithm can be written as log a x = y Laws of Logarithms log a xy = log a x + log a y x log a = log a x − log a y y log a

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Short Indices and Logarithms

Prepared by Ladybird Indices and Logarithms (Quick Revision) Indices Indices some call it exponentiation, can be written as n a Laws of Indices: a m × a n = a m+ n a m ÷ a n = a m−n ( am ) ( ab ) n = a mn n = a nb n an a   = n b b Zero index → a 0 = 1 , a ≠ 0 1 Negative index → a − n = n a Fractional index → 1 an n = a ; n m an = ( a) n m Logarithms Logarithm can be written as log a x = y Laws of Logarithms log a xy = log a x + log a y x log a = log a x − log a y y log a

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Indices and Logarithms (Quick Revision)

Indices

Indices some call it exponentiation, can be written as


n
a

Laws of Indices:
Ø a m × a n = a m+ n
m n m−n
Ø a ÷a = a
n
Ø ( am ) = a mn
n
Ø ( ab ) = a nb n
n
a an
Ø   = n
b b
Ø Zero index → a 0 = 1 , a ≠ 0
1
Ø Negative index → a − n = n
a
1 m m
Ø Fractional index → an n
= a ; an = ( a)
n

Logarithms

Logarithm can be written as


log a x = y

Laws of Logarithms
Ø log a xy = log a x + log a y
x
Ø log a = log a x − log a y
y
Ø log a x n = n log a x
Ø log a a = 1
Ø log a 1 = 0
Ø a loga x = x
Ø log a 0 = undefined
Ø log a ( negative ) = undefined

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Convert Index to Logarithm / Convert Logarithm to Index

Convert index to logarithm


Given x = ay
lg x = lg a y
lg x = y lg a
lg x
y=
lg a

Convert logarithm to index


Given log a x = y
x = ay

Change the Base of Logarithms

To change the base of a logarithm, two methods are provided.


log a x
1. log y x =
log a y
1
2. log y x =
log x y

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