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Log Rules Review Sheet 1 Rules

1. The document reviews important log rules and common mistakes to avoid when working with logarithms. It defines logarithms and provides formulas for log rules, change of base rules, and exponent rules. 2. Common pitfalls when working with logs are listed, such as treating log(a+b) as log a + log b. 3. Examples show how to undo logarithms and apply log rules to solve equations. One example solves the equation 2 = (1 + r/4)56 for r.

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Log Rules Review Sheet 1 Rules

1. The document reviews important log rules and common mistakes to avoid when working with logarithms. It defines logarithms and provides formulas for log rules, change of base rules, and exponent rules. 2. Common pitfalls when working with logs are listed, such as treating log(a+b) as log a + log b. 3. Examples show how to undo logarithms and apply log rules to solve equations. One example solves the equation 2 = (1 + r/4)56 for r.

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Log Rules Review Sheet

1 Rules
Log Definition: (Exponentiation can undo a logarithm and vice versa)

aloga x = x (1)
loga (ax ) = x (2)
(3)

Log Rules:

log(a · b) = log a + log b (4)


a
log = log a − log b (5)
b
log ab = b log a (6)

Change of Base Rule: (Where x can be any number)

logx a
logb a = ,
logx b

Exponent Rules:

ab+c = ab · ac
ab·c = (ab )c = (ac )b
ab · cb = (a · c)b

2 Common Pitfalls
Avoid making these common mistakes at all costs.

log a · log b 6= log a + log b


log(a + b) 6= log a + log b
ab+c 6= ab + ac
ab·c =
6 ab · ac
a · bc =6 (a · b)c for example: 4000 = 4 · 103 6= 403

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3 Examples
Undoing logs:

3 + log2 (x + 1) = log2 (x + 2)
2(3+log2 (x+1)) = 2log2 (x+2)
2(3+log2 (x+1)) = x + 2
23 · 2log2 (x+1)) = x + 2
8(x + 1) = x + 2

Another one:

3x = 42x+1
log(3x ) = log(42x+1 )
log 3 log 4
x 10 = (2x + 1) 10
log10 3 log10 3
x = (2x + 1) log3 4
x(1 − 2 log3 4) = log3 4
log3 4
x=
(1 − 2 log3 4)

Applying log and undoing it: (you can choose any base for the log, but I chose 10)
r
2 = (1 + )56
4
r
log 2 = log(1 + )56
4
r
log 2 = 56 · log(1 + )
4
log10 2 r
= log10 (1 + )
56 4
log10 2 r
10 56 = 1 +
4
log10 2
r = 4 · (10 56 − 1)

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