湖北省武汉六中（国际部）高考数学一轮复习课件：.4 指数与对数的综合计算.ppt

Unit 5: Exponential Logarithmic Functions Lesson 4: The Power Law of Logarithms Logarithms From Lesson 5.2: A logarithm gives you an exponent logarithms undo exponents Notation: y = ax ? x = logay (a 0, a ≠ 0 and y 0) logax is read as “logarithm of x base a” logax tells you the exponent a must be raised to in order to give you x Common logarithms (a = 10) can be evaluated on a calculator using the “LOG” button Exponent Log Laws Like the exponent laws, there are several “log” laws Because logarithms are so closely related to exponents, the log laws follow directly from the exp