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What Is A Logarithm
What Is A Logarithm
Introduction
This serves as an exemplar for students to follow. Please use it as a guide. It does not provide a definition of a limit but holds the same categories as your document. You may present your examples within the videos or slideshows you develop for the project.
Definition:
A logarithm is the power to which a number must be raised in order to get some other number. For example the base 2 logarithm of 8 is 3:
log 2 8 3
Because
23 8
This definition was taken from http://www.mclph.umn.edu/mathrefresh/logs.html
the exact value. As you can see from the table, log(2)=0.0103. In mathematics, accuracy is important so using a tabular representation of the graph would yield a more accurate answer. This video explains ow to read and graph logarithmic functions: http://youtu.be/q9DhlR43P7A. For students, this should be a self-created video not one taken from YouTube.
log 3 27
Would equal 3, because that is the value to which you would raise the base to get the number, 33 27 . This process is explained in a video from Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/logarithmstutorial/logarithm_basics/v/logarithms. For students, this should be a self-created video not one taken from YouTube. The videos include all examples required for this project.