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Change of Base Formula Antilogarithm Logarithmic Equation

The document discusses the change of base formula for logarithms, which allows you to write a logarithm with one base in terms of logarithms with a different base. It provides the formula loga x = logb x / logb a and examples of how to use it to evaluate logarithms. It also discusses antilogarithms, which are the exponents that correspond to a given logarithm, and solving logarithmic equations by setting them equal to a given value and using properties of logarithms to isolate the variable.

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Change of Base Formula Antilogarithm Logarithmic Equation

The document discusses the change of base formula for logarithms, which allows you to write a logarithm with one base in terms of logarithms with a different base. It provides the formula loga x = logb x / logb a and examples of how to use it to evaluate logarithms. It also discusses antilogarithms, which are the exponents that correspond to a given logarithm, and solving logarithmic equations by setting them equal to a given value and using properties of logarithms to isolate the variable.

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Change of base formula

Antilogarithm
Logarithmic Equation
Logarithm change of base
formula
If x , a and b are positive real
numbers with a ≠ 1 and b ≠ 1,
then
logx a
logb a =
logx b
When using this property, you
can choose to change the
logarithm to any base x, .
As always, the arguments of
the logarithms must be positive
and the bases of the logarithms
must be positive and not equal
to 1 in order for this property to
hold!
Example: Evaluating log₂(50)
To do this, we apply the change
of base rule with b=2,  a=50,
and x=10.
log₁₀ 50
1.log₂50=
log₁₀ 2
log 50 ≈5.644​
=
log 2
log 18 ≈2.6309
2.log₃18=
log 3

1) Evaluate log₃​(20)
≈2.727
2) Evaluate log₇​(400)
≈3.079
Given M = log N , it is open
necessary to determine the
value of N. In this case the
number N is called antilogarithm
of M.
Definition of Antilogarithm
If M and N real numbers with
N>0, such that
logb N = M
then N is the antilogarithm of
M for the base b
Logarithmic Equations
-equations that involve logarithms
Examples: Solve
1.
4x + 11 = 5 2

4x + 11 = 25
4x = 25-11
4x = 14 ans: X = 7/2
2.
log2 x+5
=5
2x-1
x+5
=2 ⁵
2x-1
64x-32 = x+5
64x-x=5+32
63x= 37 ans:x=37/63
3.
6x-5 =e 3

6x-5≈20.085537
6x≈20.085537+5
x≈4.180923

4. 2x – 1 = 15 . ans: x ≈ 4.907


solution 1 solution 2
4. 5 =40
x 5x =40
xlog5=log40 x ln 5= ln 40
x= log40 x= ln 40
log5 ln 5
x≈ 2.292 x≈ 2.292

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