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    This document provides an overview of different types of logarithms and exponential functions. It discusses common logarithms with base 10, natural logarithms with base e, and negative logarithms. Examples are given to illustrate how to calculate logarithms. Trigonometry basics are also introduced, including definitions of sine, cosine, and tangent functions in terms of a right-angled triangle. Applications like radioactivity and attenuation are briefly mentioned.

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    This document provides an overview of different types of logarithms and exponential functions. It discusses common logarithms with base 10, natural logarithms with base e, and negative logarithms. Examples are given to illustrate how to calculate logarithms. Trigonometry basics are also introduced, including definitions of sine, cosine, and tangent functions in terms of a right-angled triangle. Applications like radioactivity and attenuation are briefly mentioned.

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    This document provides an overview of different types of logarithms and exponential functions. It discusses common logarithms with base 10, natural logarithms with base e, and negative logarithms. Examples are given to illustrate how to calculate logarithms. Trigonometry basics are also introduced, including definitions of sine, cosine, and tangent functions in terms of a right-angled triangle. Applications like radioactivity and attenuation are briefly mentioned.

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    Review of Func

    ctions
    Types
    T
    of
    o Logariithms
    Altho
    ough a loga
    arithm may
    y be defined
    d with any base,
    b
    the lo
    ogs most oft
    ften encoun
    ntered are the
    loga
    arithm to the
    e base 10 which
    w
    is called the com
    mmon logarrithm

    and the logarith


    hm to the base e which is called the
    t natural logarithm.

    Exponentials
    s and Na
    atural Lo
    ogs
    Som
    metimes the
    e quantity which
    w
    is to be
    b solved fo
    or in an equ
    uation is in a
    an exponen
    ntial functio
    on

    The solution ca
    an be found
    d by taking the natural logarithm o
    of both side
    es of the eq
    quation.

    so th
    hat

    Common Logarith
    L
    hms: Bas
    se 10
    "common
    n logarithm"".
    On a calc
    culator it is the "log" bu
    utton.
    It is how many times you need
    n
    to use
    e 10 in a multiplication
    n, to get the
    e desired nu
    umber.
    Example: log(1
    1000) = log
    g10(1000) = 3

    Nattural Lo
    ogarithm
    ms: Base
    e "e"
    e (E
    Euler's Number) is approximately 2.71828.
    "natural lo
    ogarithm".
    On a calc
    culator it is the "ln" buttton.

    n
    to use
    e "e" in a multiplication
    m
    n, to get the
    e desired number.
    It is how many times you need
    Example: ln(7.389) = loge(7.389) 2
    Beca
    ause 2.718
    8282 7.389
    9

    Neg
    gative Logarith
    L
    ms
    A ne
    egative loga
    arithm means how ma
    any times to
    o divide byy the numbe
    er.
    We could have
    e just one diivide:
    Example: Whatt is log8(0.125) ... ?
    s log8(0.12
    25) = -1
    1 8 = 0.125, so
    Or m
    many divide
    es:
    Example: Whatt is log5(0.0
    008) ... ?
    1 5 5 5 = 5-3, so log5(0.008) = -3

    Atttenuatio
    on

    Rad
    dioactiv
    vity

    Trig
    gonometrry
    Rig
    ght Angled Trianglle

    Ad
    djacent is adjacent
    a
    to the angle "",
    Op
    pposite is opposite
    o
    the
    e angle, and
    the
    e longest side is the Hypotenuse
    e.

    "Sin
    ne, Cosine and Tange
    ent"
    The three mostt common functions
    f
    in trigonometry are Sin
    ne, Cosine and Tange
    ent.
    For any angle "":
    "
    Siine Function:

    s
    sin() = Op
    pposite / Hy
    ypotenuse
    e

    Co
    osine Func
    ction:

    c
    cos() = Ad
    djacent / H
    Hypotenuse
    e

    Ta
    angent Fun
    nction:

    ttan() = Op
    pposite / Adjacent

    Example: Wha
    at is the sin
    ne of 35?

    ng this trian
    ngle (lengths are only to
    t one decimal place)::
    Usin
    sin(3
    35) = Oppo
    osite / Hypo
    otenuse = 2.8/4.9
    2
    = 0..57...

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