Logarithms: Ib Math Aa SL Sample Lesson

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Logarithms

IB Math AA SL
Sample Lesson
Pre-requisite
• Exponents

Objective
• What logarithms are?
• Evaluate some basic logarithms
• Use laws to evaluate logarithms
What are logarithms?
Logarithm Exponents

b is the base
C is the exponent
A is the argument
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Special Logarithms
Common Logarithm
a logarithm whose base is 10
REMINDER

𝑙𝑜𝑔10(2𝑥)
OMIT  
THE
BASE

log(2𝑥)
 
Natural Logarithm
is a logarithm whose base is the number e 

𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑒 (2 𝑥)
 

𝑙𝑛(2 𝑥 )
 
Comparison
Logarithm Rules/Laws
the bases of all the logarithms in
the expression must be the same.

Expanding Logarithms Condensing Logarithms


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Expanding Logarithms Condensing Logarithms
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Expanding Logarithms Condensing Logarithms
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 Evaluate the expression below using Log Rules.

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Evaluate the expression below using Log Rules.

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Expand the logarithmic expression below.

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Expand the logarithmic expression.

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