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GENERAL

MATHEMATICS
CHANGE OF BASE
FORMULA
CHANGE OF BASE FORMULA

Any logarithmic expression can be expressed


as a quotient of two logarithmic expressions
with a common base. Let a, b, and x be positive
real numbers, with
EXAMPLE 1: (Change to base 2)

𝑙𝑜𝑔2 4
𝑙𝑜𝑔6 4=¿
𝑙𝑜𝑔2 6
EXAMPLE 2: (Change to base e)

𝑙𝑜𝑔1 /2 2=¿
EXAMPLE 3: EXAMPLE 4:

𝑙𝑜𝑔 9 27=¿ 𝑙𝑜𝑔8 16=¿


EXAMPLE 5: Solve the equation

2
2 =𝑥
𝑥=4
EXAMPLE 6: Solve the equation

−𝑙𝑜𝑔 3 𝑥=0

−𝑙𝑜𝑔 3 𝑥=0 21 / 2
𝑥 ¿
=1
𝑥=1
1/2
𝑙𝑜𝑔3 𝑥 −𝑙𝑜𝑔 3 𝑥=0
𝐴 𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑆𝑜𝑙.
EXAMPLE 6: Solve the equation

−𝑙𝑜𝑔 3 𝑥=0

−𝑙𝑜𝑔 3 𝑥=0
2 2
𝑥=1
EXAMPLE 7: Solve the equation

𝑙𝑜𝑔2 ( 𝑥+1 ) −

2
¿

( 𝑥 −1 ) ( 𝑥 −1 ) =0
𝑥=1
𝐴 𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑆𝑜𝑙.
EXAMPLE 7: Solve the equation

𝑙𝑜𝑔2 ( 𝑥+1 ) −

2 2
𝐴 𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑆𝑜𝑙.

( 𝑥 −1 ) ( 𝑥 −1 ) =0
𝑥=1

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