logarithm lesson
TRANSCRIPT
Simplify-
1) 24 = 2) 1.53 = 3) 31.5 =
Solve for x (round to TWO decimal places if you have to)
4) 2π₯ = 8 5) 2π₯ = 20 6) 3π₯ = 100
How did you go about trying to find the answer
to #6 and #7?
Goals:
1) Explain the structure and the purpose of
logarithms
2) Solve equations using logarithms
β¦In the 11 or 12 years you were at school you
were taught the math that took over 6000 years to
develop.
The development of βxβ
1) x+1 = 2 β adding/subtracting
2) 2x=4 β Multiplying/dividing
3) π₯2 = 4 β Powers/roots
4) π₯ = β1 β Imaginary/complex numbers
5) 2π₯ = 5 β exponents/logarithms
β¦Created logarithms to make
calculating big numbers easier
(before electronic calculators)
If you need to work with a big
messy number like:
123456789.97654321
You could instead say: For what
x will 10π₯equal the number I
want.
Since logs follow similar rules as
other operations it makes
calculating MUCH simpler.
Magnitude 9.1 earthquake of
the coast of Indonesia in
2004, created a tsunami so
powerful in sped up the spin
of the earth by a fraction of
second.
The explosion of
Krakatoa was
about 180dB.
If you were within
40 miles of the
explosion, it would
be the last sound
you would never
hear because the
energy from the
sound wave would
burst your
eardrums before
you actually heard
the sound.
Just like addition is the inverse of subtraction and multiplication is
the inverse of division,
Notes start here:
Logarithms (or logs) are the inverse of exponents.
If π π₯ = 2π₯, then logarithms answers the question
for what x will the following be true:
π₯ = 2π π₯
π π₯ = 2π₯
πβ1 π₯ = πππ2π₯
If ππ₯ = π then πππππ = π₯
as long as b > 1, b β 0
Exponent base Log base
Write the following exponent equation in log form:
1) 52 = 25
2) 6π₯ = 100
3) Write your own
Write the following log equations in exponential form:
1) πππ232 = 8 2) πππ4π₯ = 20
3) πππ650 = π₯ 4) Write your own
Rewrite in log form, use the change of base formula,
solve to THREE decimal places, check:
1) Rewrite in log form: πππ210 = π₯
2) Since most calculators are only able to do log base 10 and
log base e, you need to use a change of base formula:
ππππ₯π¦ =ππππ¦
ππππ₯β πππ210 =
πππ10
πππ2
3) Solve: x= πππ210 =πππ10
πππ2= 3.322
4) Check: 23.322 = 10 (close enough)
Solve and check: 5π₯ =15,0001) Log form β πππ____________ = x
2) Change of base and solve β πππ515000 =πππ____
πππ____= _______
3) Check you answer: 55.975 = 15008 (close enough but if I
needed to be more accurate I can always take more decimal
places.)