Section 4.1 Logarithms and their Properties
Suppose you have $100 in an account paying 5% compounded annually. –Create an equation for the balance B after t years –When will the account be worth $200?
In the previous example we needed to solve for the input Since exponential functions are 1-1, they have an inverse The inverse of an exponential function is called the common logarithm function or the log function In other words
Example Simplify the following expressions using logs
Logarithms are just exponents Evaluate the following:
Logarithms are inverses of exponential functions so Evaluate
Properties of the common Logarithm
The Natural Logarithm
Evaluate