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    Logarithmic functions are the inverses of exponential functions. A logarithmic function expresses the power to which a base number must be raised to equal the value of another number. For example, if x = 2y, then y = log2x, which reads "y equals the log base 2 of x." Logarithmic functions allow exponential equations like 52 = 25 to be rewritten in logarithmic form as log525 = 2.

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    Logarithmic functions are the inverses of exponential functions. A logarithmic function expresses the power to which a base number must be raised to equal the value of another number. For example, if x = 2y, then y = log2x, which reads "y equals the log base 2 of x." Logarithmic functions allow exponential equations like 52 = 25 to be rewritten in logarithmic form as log525 = 2.

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    Logarithmic functions are the inverses of exponential functions. A logarithmic function expresses the power to which a base number must be raised to equal the value of another number. For example, if x = 2y, then y = log2x, which reads "y equals the log base 2 of x." Logarithmic functions allow exponential equations like 52 = 25 to be rewritten in logarithmic form as log525 = 2.

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    LOGARITHMIC

    FUNCTIONS
    WHAT ARE LOGARITHMIC
    FUNCTIONS?

     Logarithmic functions are the inverses of exponential functions, and


    any exponential function can be expressed in logarithmic form.
    Similarly, all logarithmic functions can be rewritten in exponential
    form.
     If x = 2 y were to be solved for y, so that it could be written in function form, a new
    word or symbol would need to be introduced. If x = 2 y, then y = (the power on base
    2) to equal x. The word logarithm, abbreviated log, is introduced to satisfy this
    need. 
     This equation is rewritten as y = log 2 x. 

     This is read as “ y equals the log, base 2, of x.” 


    Q1. log 749 = y
    Q2. Rewrite the exponential equation in
    its equivalent logarithmic form
     5 2 = 25

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