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    1) Rules for exponents include: a^n = √n a, a^0 = 1 if a ≠ 0, a^-x = 1/a^x if a ≠ 0, (ab)^x = a^x b^x, (a/b)^x = a^x/b^x if b ≠ 0, and 00 is undefined. 2) Rules for logarithms include: log_a(xy) = log_a(x) + log_a(y), log_a(x/y) = log_a(x) - log_a(y), log_a(x^y) = y log_a(

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    1) Rules for exponents include: a^n = √n a, a^0 = 1 if a ≠ 0, a^-x = 1/a^x if a ≠ 0, (ab)^x = a^x b^x, (a/b)^x = a^x/b^x if b ≠ 0, and 00 is undefined. 2) Rules for logarithms include: log_a(xy) = log_a(x) + log_a(y), log_a(x/y) = log_a(x) - log_a(y), log_a(x^y) = y log_a(

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    1) Rules for exponents include: a^n = √n a, a^0 = 1 if a ≠ 0, a^-x = 1/a^x if a ≠ 0, (ab)^x = a^x b^x, (a/b)^x = a^x/b^x if b ≠ 0, and 00 is undefined. 2) Rules for logarithms include: log_a(xy) = log_a(x) + log_a(y), log_a(x/y) = log_a(x) - log_a(y), log_a(x^y) = y log_a(

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    L OGARITHMS AND E XPONENTS

    T OOLKIT
    If a, b, x, and y are real numbers and n is a nonzero integer then the rules for exponents are:
    1 √ 1
    an = n
    a a0 = 1 if a 6= 0 a−x = if a 6= 0
    ax
    ax
    ax ay = ax+y = ax−y if a =
    6 0 (ax )y = axy
    ay
    ax a
    ax · bx = (ab)x = ( )x if b 6= 0
    bx b
    Also, 00 is not defined if it is encountered using any of the above formulae.
    If a, x, and y are nonzero real numbers then:
    x
    loga (xy) = loga x + loga y loga ( ) = loga x − loga y
    y

    loga (xy ) = y loga x loga (ax ) = aloga x = x loga 1 = 0

    1 loga x
    loga x = = logy x
    logx a loga y
    If f (x) = ax then f −1 (x) = loga x. You should be able to sketch the graphs of both these functions. The graphs are
    shown for a = 2 below.

    10

    8
    y
    2

    y 0
    5 10 15 20 25 30
    4 x

    -2

    -4

    0
    -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
    x

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