Name: ____________________________ Unit 10-2: Exponential & Logarithmic Functions

Main Ideas/Questions Notes/Examples

COMMON A logarithm with base 10 is called a common

LOGARITHM logarithm and can be written without the base.

What is a A logarithm (log) is another way of writing exponents.

LOGARITHM? Logarithmic Form Exponential Form

logb a = x

Read as “log base b of a equals x.”

Converting
Directions: Write each equation in exponential form.
1. log3 9 = 2 2. log6 216 = 3
LOG Z EXP

3. log7 1 = 0 4. log2 16 = 4

1 3
5. log4 16 = − 2 6. log9 27 = 2

Practice: Write each equation in exponential form.

7. log2 128 = 7 8. log 8 64 = 2 1
9. log3 =−3
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Name: ____________________________ Unit 10-2: Exponential & Logarithmic Functions

What is an An exponent (exp) is another way of writing logarithms.

Exponent? Exponential Form Logarithmic Form

bx = a
Read as “base b to the power of x equals a.”

Converting
Directions: Write each equation in logarithmic form.

7. 142 = 196
1. 8. 34 = 81
2.
EXP Z LOG

1
9.
3. 12 = 12 1
4. 36 2 = 6

−3 1 4
5. 2 =8
6. 8 3 = 16

Practice: Write each equation in logarithmic form.

7. 4 4 = 256
4. 5. 83 = 512
8. 2
6. 27 3 = 9
9.