Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All Rights Reserved. Objectives Simplify and evaluate expressions involving logarithms. Solve equations involving logarithms. 6.4 Properties of Logarithmic Functions
Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All Rights Reserved. Glossary Terms exponential-logarithmic inverse properties one-to-one property of logarithms power property of logarithms product property of logarithms quotient property of logarithms 6.4 Properties of Logarithmic Functions
Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All Rights Reserved. Rules and Properties Properties of Logarithms 6.4 Properties of Logarithmic Functions Product Property log b (mn) = log b m + log b n For m > 0, n > 0, b > 0, and b 1:
Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All Rights Reserved. Rules and Properties Properties of Logarithms 6.4 Properties of Logarithmic Functions Quotient Property log b = log b m – log b n m n For m > 0, n > 0, b > 0, and b 1:
Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All Rights Reserved. Rules and Properties Properties of Logarithms 6.4 Properties of Logarithmic Functions Power Property log b m p = p log b m For m > 0, n > 0, b > 0, and any real number p:
Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All Rights Reserved. Rules and Properties Exponential-Logarithmic Inverse Properties log b b x = x 6.4 Properties of Logarithmic Functions For b > 0 and b 1: b log x = x b and for x > 0
Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All Rights Reserved. Rules and Properties One-to-One Property of Logarithmic Functions If log b x = log b y, 6.4 Properties of Logarithmic Functions then x = y.
Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All Rights Reserved. Key Skills Use the Product, Quotient, and Power Properties of logarithms to simplify and evaluate expressions involving logarithms. 6.4 Properties of Logarithmic Functions given: log 5 12 log 5 10 a. log = log 5 (12 10) = log log 5 10
Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All Rights Reserved. Key Skills Use the Product, Quotient, and Power Properties of logarithms to simplify and evaluate expressions involving logarithms. 6.4 Properties of Logarithmic Functions given: log 5 12 log 5 10 b. log = log 5 12 – log 5 10 – = log
Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All Rights Reserved. Key Skills Use the Product, Quotient, and Power Properties of logarithms to simplify and evaluate expressions involving logarithms. 6.4 Properties of Logarithmic Functions given: log 5 12 log 5 10 c. log = 4 3 = 12 = 4 log TOC