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HKDSE Core Math by Dreyfus

Logarithms: Indices Course Notes

Law of Indices
1. a x a = a
2. a / a = a
, where a =/= 0
3. (a ) = a
4. (ab) = a b
5. ( ) =
, where b =/= 0
6. a = 1, where a =/= 0
7. a =
, where a =/= 0
8. a
= a

9. a = a , where m and n are integers and n is positive

m

m+n

mn

mn

1/n
m
n

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HKDSE Core Math by Dreyfus

Logarithms: Indices Course Notes

Example 1
Simplify

4x

64x

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HKDSE Core Math by Dreyfus

Logarithms: Indices Course Notes

Example 2
Simplify

n3

x
n4

n4

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HKDSE Core Math by Dreyfus

Logarithms: Indices Course Notes

Example 3
Simplify

n+3

3(3

3(3

n+1

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HKDSE Core Math by Dreyfus

Logarithms: Indices Course Notes

Example 4
8
2

x
y

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HKDSE Core Math by Dreyfus

Logarithms: Indices Course Notes

Example 5
a a(a + a + a + a) =

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HKDSE Core Math by Dreyfus

Logarithms: Indices Course Notes

Example 6
x

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