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PPT4-Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

This document provides an outline of topics to be covered in Week 4 of the MATH6102 Business Mathematics course, including: - Exponential functions defined as f(x) = bx where b > 0 and b ≠ 1. Rules for exponents are presented. - Logarithmic functions where y = logbx if and only if by = x. Properties of logarithms include logb(mn) = logbm + logbn. - Converting between exponential and logarithmic forms using the fundamental equations blogyb = x and blogx = xb. - Solving exponential and logarithmic equations by applying properties of exponents and logarithms. An example of solving the equation logy

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PPT4-Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

This document provides an outline of topics to be covered in Week 4 of the MATH6102 Business Mathematics course, including: - Exponential functions defined as f(x) = bx where b > 0 and b ≠ 1. Rules for exponents are presented. - Logarithmic functions where y = logbx if and only if by = x. Properties of logarithms include logb(mn) = logbm + logbn. - Converting between exponential and logarithmic forms using the fundamental equations blogyb = x and blogx = xb. - Solving exponential and logarithmic equations by applying properties of exponents and logarithms. An example of solving the equation logy

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MATH6102

Business Mathematics
Week 4

Exponential and Logarithmic Functions


Chapter Outline

 Exponential Functions
 Logarithmic Functions
 Properties of Logarithms
 Logarithmic and Exponential
Equations
EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS
• The function f defined by
f  x  bx
where b > 0, b  1, and the exponent x is any real number, is
called an exponential function.
• Rules for Exponents:
Example: Exponent
1. 32 = 3 x 3 = 9
2. 24 x 23= 24+3 = 27= 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2
3. 55 : 53 = 55-3 = 52= 5 x 5
4. (4 x 2)3 = 43 x 23 = (4 x 4 x 4) x (2 x 2 x 2)
Graph the Exponential
Function
Example:
f(x) = (1/2)x

Solution:
Properties of Exponential
Functions
Example: Population Growth

1. The population of a town of 10,000 grows at the rate of 2% per year.


Find the population three years from now.
Solution:
For t = 3, we have P(3)  10,000(1.02)3  . 10,612

2. The projected population P of a city is given by P  100,000e0.05t


where t is the number of years after 1990. Predict the population for
the year 2010.
Solution:
For t = 20, P  100,000 e 0.05(20)
 100,000 e1
 100,000e  271,828
LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS
• y = logbx if and only if by=x.
• Logarithmic functions: y =f(X)= alog x
• Fundamental equations are b log b x
 x and b log x
x b

• Converting from Exponential to Logarithmic Form


Exponential Form Logarithmic Form
a. Since 52  25 it follows that log 5 25  2
b. Since 34  81 it follows that log 3 81  4
c. Since 100  1 it follows that log10 1  0
PROPERTIES OF LOGARITHMS
Properties of logarithms

1. log b (mn)  log b m  log b n


m
2. log b  log b m  log b n
n
3. log b m r  r log b m
1
4. log b   log b m
m
5. log b 1  0
6. log b b  1
log a m
7. log b m 
log a b
Example: Logarithms

a. .log 56  log(8  7)  log 8  log 7  0.9031  0.8451  1.7482


9
b. . 2  log 9  log 2  0.9542  0.3010  0.6532
log

c. .log 64  log 8  2 log 8  2(0.9031)  1.8062


2

1 1
d. .log 5  log 5  2 log 5  2 (0.6990)  0.3495
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LOGARITHMIC AND EXPONENTIAL
EQUATIONS
• A logarithmic equation involves the logarithm
of an expression containing an unknown.
• An exponential equation has the unknown
appearing in an exponent.
Example: Oxygen Composition
An experiment was conducted with a particular type of small animal. The logarithm
of the amount of oxygen consumed per hour was determined for a number of the
animals and was plotted against the logarithms of the weights of the animals. It was
found that
log y  log 5.934  0.885 log x
where y is the number of microliters of oxygen consumed per hour and x is the
weight of the animal (in grams). Solve for y.

Solution:
log y  log 5.934  0.885 log x
 log 5.934  log x 0.885
log y  log(5.934 x 0.885 )
y  5.934 x 0.885
Thank You

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