Log

by Jada Stearn

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Posted on April 07, 2016

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WHEN WE ARE GIVEN- the base 2, for example, and exponent 3, then we can evaluate 23. 23 = 8. Inversely, if we are given the base 2 and its power 8 -- 2? = 8 -- then what is the exponent that will produce 8? That exponent is called a logarithm. We call the exponent 3 thelogarithm of 8 with base 2. We write 3 = log28.

Logs aren’t as hard as they look

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