Properties of logarithm

Very Important

$$\log_{a}{1} = 0$$

$$\log_{a}{xy} = \log_{a}{x}+\log_{a}{y}$$

$$\log_{a}{b}^{c} = c \log_{a}{b}$$

$${b}^{\log_{b}{x}} = x$$

$${x}^{\log_{b}{y}} = {y}^{\log_{b}{x}}$$

$${\log_{a}{\sqrt[n]{b}}} = \dfrac{\log_{a}{b}}{n}$$

$${\log_{a}{b}} = \dfrac{\log_{c}{b}}{\log_{c}{a}}$$

$${\log_{a}{b}}*{\log_{b}{a}}= 1$$

$$\log_{b^n}{a}=\dfrac{1}{n}\log_ba\ $$

$$a^m\times\ a^n=a^{m+n}$$ 

$$\frac{a^m\ \ }{a^n}\ =a^{m-n}$$  

$$\left(a^m\right)^{^n}=a^{m\times\ n}$$  

$$\left(a\times\ b\right)^m\ =a^m\times\ b^m$$

$$a^{-m}=\ \frac{1}{a^m}$$  

 $$a^{\frac{m}{n}}=\sqrt[\ n]{a^m}$$

$$log_a(x/y) = log_a(x) − log_a(y)$$ 

$$log_a(a) = 1$$

$$log_a(x) = 1/log_x(a)$$

Number of digits formula: $$⌊log₁₀(N)⌋ + 1$$

  • Logarithms can be used to quickly find the number of digits in an exponent.

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Question 1

$$\log_{2}X +\log_{4}X$$ = $$\log_{0.25}8$$. Solve for X

Question 2

If $$\log_{X}{2}$$ = 0.3869; $$\log_{X}{3}$$ = 0.6131 and $$\log_{X}{5}$$ = 0.8982. What is $$\log_{X}{10}$$ = ?

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