N L B N: The Logarithmic Function

The Logarithmic Function:
L = log b N
The inverse function is: N = b L
For example:
log 2 8 = 3 since 8 = 2 3
log10 0.01 = −2 since 0.01 = 10 −2
log 5 5 = 1 since 5 = 51
log b 1 = 0 since 1 = b 0
Selected Algebra Topics

Basic Laws of Exponents
Law Example
m+ n
a a =a
m n
x 5 x −2 = x 3
am m−n x5
= a , a ≠ 0 = x2
an x3
(a )m n
= a mn (x )
−2 3
= x −6
(ab )m = a mb m (xy )2 = x 2 y 2
m 2
⎛a⎞ am ⎛x⎞ x2
⎜ ⎟ = m ,b ≠ 0 ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟ = 2
⎝b⎠ b ⎝ y⎠ y
1 1
a −m = m , a ≠ 0 x −3 = 3
a x
a = 1, a ≠ 0 2(3x ) = 2(1) = 2
0 0
a1 = a (3x ) 2 1
= 3x 2
Laws for fractional exponents

Law Example
m 2
a n
= n am x 3
= 3 x2
n 3
a a 16
n
=n ,b ≠ 0 3
=3 8=2
b b 2
25 = 5, (not ± 5)
1
a 2
= 2 a1 = a , a ≥ 0
Trigonometric Identities
sin (θ ) = csc(θ ) =
a 1 c
=
c sin (θ ) a
cos(θ ) = sec(θ ) =
b 1 c
=
c cos(θ ) b
sin (θ ) a cos(θ ) b
tan (θ ) = = cot (θ ) = =
cos(θ ) b sin (θ ) a
sin (− x ) = − sin ( x )
csc(− x ) = − csc( x )
cos(− x ) = cos( x )
sec(− x ) = sec( x )
tan (− x ) = − tan ( x )
cot (− x ) = − cot ( x )
sin 2 ( x ) + cos 2 ( x ) = 1
tan 2 ( x ) + 1 = sec 2 ( x )
cot 2 ( x ) + 1 = csc 2 ( x )
sin ( x ± y ) = sin ( x ) cos( y ) ± cos( x )sin ( y )
cos( x ± y ) = cos( x ) cos( y ) ± sin ( x )sin ( y )
tan ( x ) ± tan ( y )
tan ( x ± y ) =
1 ± tan ( x ) tan ( y )
sin (2 x ) = 2 sin (x ) cos(x )
cos(2 x ) = cos 2 ( x ) − sin 2 (x ) = 2 cos 2 ( x) − 1 = 1 − 2 sin 2 ( x )
2 tan ( x )
tan (2 x ) =
( )
1 − tan 2 ( x )
sin 2 ( x ) = − cos(2 x )
1 1
2 2
cos 2 ( x ) = + cos(2 x )
1 1
2 2
⎛ (x − y ) ⎞ ⎛ (x + y ) ⎞
sin ( x ) − sin ( y ) = 2 sin ⎜ ⎟ cos⎜ ⎟
⎝ 2 ⎠ ⎝ 2 ⎠
⎛ (x − y ) ⎞ ⎛ (x + y ) ⎞
cos( x ) − cos( y ) = −2 sin ⎜ ⎟ sin ⎜ ⎟
⎝ 2 ⎠ ⎝ 2 ⎠
Given Triangle abc, with angles A,B,C; a is opposite to A, b is opposite to B, and c is

opposite to C:
a b c
Law of Sines: = =
sin ( A) sin (B ) sin (C )
Law of Cosines:
c 2 = a 2 + b 2 − 2ab cos(C )
b 2 = a 2 + c 2 − 2ac cos(B )
a 2 = b 2 + c 2 − 2bc cos( A)
(a − b ) = tan (12 ( A − B ))
(a + b ) tan (1 ( A + B ))
Law of Tangents:
2
Important Statistics Formulas:
Parameters:
(ΣX i )
Population mean: μ =
N
Σ( X i − μ ) 2
Population Standard Deviation: σ =
N
Σ( X i − μ ) 2
Population Variance: σ 2 =
N
(X − μ)
Standardized Score: Z =
σ
⎡ 1 ⎤ ⎧⎪⎡ ( X − μ x ) ⎤ ⎡ (Yi − μ y ) ⎤ ⎫⎪
Population Correlation Coefficient: ρ = ⎢ ⎥ * Σ ⎨⎢ i ⎥*⎢ ⎥⎬
⎣ N ⎦ ⎪⎩⎣ σ x ⎦ ⎣⎢ σ y ⎦⎥ ⎪⎭
Statistics:
(Σxi )
Sample mean: x =
n
Σ( xi − x ) 2
Sample standard deviation: s =
(n − 1)
Σ( xi − x ) 2
Sample variance: s 2 =
(n − 1)
⎡ 1 ⎤ ⎧⎪⎡ ( xi − x) ⎤ ⎡ ( y i − y ) ⎤ ⎫⎪
Sample Correlation coefficient: r = ⎢
− ⎥ * Σ ⎨⎢ s ⎥*⎢ ⎥⎬
⎣ ( n 1) ⎦ ⎩⎣ ⎪ x ⎦ ⎢⎣ s y ⎥⎦ ⎪⎭
1 ⎛ (x − μ)2 ⎞
Normal Distribution Formula: exp⎜⎜ − ⎟⎟
σ 2π ⎝ 2σ 2 ⎠
1 ⎛ z2 ⎞
Or exp⎜⎜ − ⎟⎟
σ 2π ⎝ 2 ⎠
Simple Linear Regression:

^
Simple linear regression line: y = b0 + b1 x
Regression coefficient: b1 =
[( )(
Σ xi − x y i − y )]
(
Σ xi − x ) 2
Regression slope intercept: b0 = y − b1 * x

2
⎛ ^
⎞
Σ⎜ y i − y i ⎟
⎝ ⎠
(n − 2)
Standard error of regression slope: s b1 =
(
Σ xi − x )
2
Random Variables:
Expected value of X: E ( X ) = μ x = Σ[xi * P( xi )]
Variance of X: Var ( X ) = σ 2 = Σ[xi − E ( x) )] * P( xi ) = Σ[xi − μ x ] * P( xi )
2 2
Normal Random Variable: z − score = z =

(x − μ )
σ
Expected value of sum of random variables: E ( X + Y ) = E ( X ) + E (Y )
Expected value of difference between random variables: E ( X − Y ) = E ( X ) − E (Y )
Variance of the sum of independent random variables:
Var ( X + Y ) = Var ( X ) + Var (Y )
Variance of the difference between independent random variables:
Var ( X − Y ) = Var ( X ) − Var (Y )
Sampling Distributions:
σ
Standard deviation of the mean: σ x =
n
Standard Error:
s
Standard error of the mean: SE x = s x =
n
Taylor series expansion:
∞
f ( n ) ( x ) Δx n f ' ' ( x ) Δx 2 f ' ' ' ( x ) Δx 3
f ( x + Δx ) = ∑ = f ( x ) + f ' ( x ) Δx + + +L
n =0 n! 2! 3!
∞
f ( n ) ( 0) x n
Maclaurin series expansion: f ( x) = ∑
n =0 n!
2 3 4 5
x x x x
ex = 1 + x + + + + +L
2! 3! 4! 5!
x3 x5 x7 x9
sin x = x − + − + +L
3! 5! 7! 9!
x 2 x 4 x6 x8
cos x = 1 − + − + +L
2! 4! 6! 8!

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Selected Algebra Topics

Laws for fractional exponents

Given Triangle abc, with angles A,B,C; a is opposite to A, b is opposite to B, and c is

Simple Linear Regression:

Regression slope intercept: b0 = y − b1 * x

Normal Random Variable: z − score = z =

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