Unit 7

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Part 7.2C corresponds to sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, and 8.4, starting on page 372 of your Pre-Calculus 12 textbook.

Logarithmic Functions

The exponential function «math style=¨font-family:Verdana¨ xmlns=¨http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML¨»«mstyle mathsize=¨14px¨»«mrow»«msup»«mi»c«/mi»«mi»x«/mi»«/msup»«mo»=«/mo»«mi»y«/mi»«/mrow»«/mstyle»«/math» can be expressed in logarithmic form as «math style=¨font-family:Verdana¨ xmlns=¨http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML¨»«mstyle mathsize=¨14px¨»«mrow»«msub»«mi»log«/mi»«mi»c«/mi»«/msub»«mi»y«/mi»«mo»=«/mo»«mi»x«/mi»«/mrow»«/mstyle»«/math».

A logarithmic function is the inverse of an exponential function.

The domain of «math style=¨font-family:Verdana¨ xmlns=¨http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML¨»«mstyle mathsize=¨14px¨»«mrow»«mi»y«/mi»«mo»=«/mo»«msub»«mi»log«/mi»«mi»c«/mi»«/msub»«mi»x«/mi»«/mrow»«/mstyle»«/math» is «math style=¨font-family:Verdana¨ xmlns=¨http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML¨»«mstyle mathsize=¨14px¨»«mfenced open=¨{¨ close=¨}¨»«mrow»«mi»x«/mi»«mo»§#8739;«/mo»«mi»x«/mi»«mo»§#62;«/mo»«mn»0«/mn»«mi mathvariant=¨normal¨»,«/mi»«mo»§#160;«/mo»«mi»x«/mi»«mo»§#8712;«/mo»«mi mathvariant=¨normal¨»R«/mi»«/mrow»«/mfenced»«/mstyle»«/math».

Recall the common logarithm is base «math style=¨font-family:Verdana¨ xmlns=¨http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML¨»«mstyle mathsize=¨14px¨»«mn»10«/mn»«/mstyle»«/math», and is written as «math style=¨font-family:Verdana¨ xmlns=¨http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML¨»«mstyle mathsize=¨14px¨»«mrow»«mi»log«/mi»«mi»x«/mi»«/mrow»«/mstyle»«/math».

Transformations of Logarithms

Compare the function «math style=¨font-family:Verdana¨ xmlns=¨http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML¨»«mstyle mathsize=¨14px¨»«mrow»«mi»y«/mi»«mo»=«/mo»«msub»«mi»log«/mi»«mi»c«/mi»«/msub»«mi»x«/mi»«/mrow»«/mstyle»«/math» to «math style=¨font-family:Verdana¨ xmlns=¨http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML¨»«mstyle mathsize=¨14px¨»«mrow»«mi»y«/mi»«mo»=«/mo»«mi»a«/mi»«msub»«mi»log«/mi»«mi»c«/mi»«/msub»«mi»b«/mi»«mfenced»«mrow»«mi»x«/mi»«mo»§#8722;«/mo»«mi»h«/mi»«/mrow»«/mfenced»«mo»+«/mo»«mi»k«/mi»«/mrow»«/mstyle»«/math».

There has been a vertical stretch by a factor of «math style=¨font-family:Verdana¨ xmlns=¨http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML¨»«mstyle mathsize=¨14px¨»«mfenced open=¨|¨ close=¨|¨»«mi»a«/mi»«/mfenced»«/mstyle»«/math», a horizontal stretch by a factor of «math style=¨font-family:Verdana¨ xmlns=¨http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML¨»«mstyle mathsize=¨14px¨»«mfrac»«mn»1«/mn»«mfenced open=¨|¨ close=¨|¨»«mi»b«/mi»«/mfenced»«/mfrac»«/mstyle»«/math», a vertical reflection if «math style=¨font-family:Verdana¨ xmlns=¨http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML¨»«mstyle mathsize=¨14px¨»«mi»a«/mi»«/mstyle»«/math» is negative, a horizontal reflection if «math style=¨font-family:Verdana¨ xmlns=¨http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML¨»«mstyle mathsize=¨14px¨»«mi»b«/mi»«/mstyle»«/math» is negative, a horizontal translation of «math style=¨font-family:Verdana¨ xmlns=¨http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML¨»«mstyle mathsize=¨14px¨»«mi»h«/mi»«/mstyle»«/math» units, and a vertical translation of «math style=¨font-family:Verdana¨ xmlns=¨http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML¨»«mstyle mathsize=¨14px¨»«mi»k«/mi»«/mstyle»«/math» units.

Logarithmic Laws

The logarithmic laws can be used to simplify logarithmic expressions and solve equations.