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    Algebra Review: Exponents and Logarithms

    Week of 1/25/10

    I. Exponents

    Intro to Exponents:

    1) Recall that

    Example:

    2) For we define it as .

    Examples: , ,

    3) For , we define it as (1/

    Example: =

    Operations of Exponents:

    1) Multiplication : =

    -To multiply two exponential terms that have the same base, add their exponents.

    Example: = =

    -Do not add the exponents of terms with unlike bases.

    Example:

    2) Division: =

    -To divide two exponential terms that have the same base, subtract their exponents.

    Example: = =

    -Do not subtract the exponents of terms with unlike bases


    3) Exponents of Exponential Terms: ( =

    -To raise an exponential term to another exponent, multiply the two exponents.
    Example: ( = =

    4) Products/quotients raised to exponents: ;

    - To raise a product or a quotient to an exponent, apply the exponent to each individual part

    Examples: ; = =

    5) The FOIL method of multiplication

    -To expand a binomial raised to a power, use the FOIL method (First, Outside, Inside, Last)

    Example:

    Radicals:

    Radicals are another form of exponents. Here’s a helpful way to think about them:

    It’s often helpful in calculus to re-write radicals in exponential form. All exponent rules apply to radicals.

    Example:

    Special Cases:

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    - this applies to the other trig functions as well
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    II. The Logarithm

    If

    A logarithm is just another way to write an exponent. If you want to find out what is, you multiply
    two fives together to get 25. But if you want to find out which power you have to raise 5 to in order to
    get 25, you use a logarithm.

    The question you ask yourself when you look at this log is: To what power should I raise 5 in order to get
    25? The answer is 2.

    Here’s the general form of a logarithm:

    The Common Log and the Natural Log

    - Logarithms can have any base (b), but the 2 most common bases are 10 and e.
    - Logs with bases of 10 are called common logs, and often the 10 is left out when a common
    log is written.
    - Example:
    - Logs with bases of e are known as natural logs. The shortened version of is
    - e is a constant with an approximate value of 2.71828. Don’t let it scare you... it’s just a
    number.

    Simplifying Logarithms

    The following rules for simplifying logarithms will be illustrated using the natural log, ln, but these rules
    apply to all logarithms.

    1) Adding logarithms (with the same base)

    Two logs of the same base that are added together can be consolidated into one log by
    multiplying the inside numbers.
    Example: = =

    2) Subtracting logarithms (with the same base)

    Similarly, two logs of the same base being substracted can be consolidated into one log by
    dividing the inside numbers.

    Example: = =

    3) Exponents of logarithms

    If the inside number of the logarithm is raised to a power, you bring down the exponent as a
    coefficient.

    Example:

    4) Things that cancel


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