Common Logs & Natural Logs Chapter 10, Sections 4 and 5

Common Logs

About Common Logs Common logs can be done on the calculator with the log button Common logs can make solving exponential equations easier

Change of Base Formula Used to simplify logs when the base is NOT 10 examples

Natural Logs

About Natural Logs Natural logs can be done on the calculator with the ln button Natural logs can make solving exponential equations easier

Homework– Page 53 in workbook, 4-7, 23-28 Page 54 in workbook, 1-20 Exit slip – Explain the difference in the common log and the natural log.