Warm - Up: Practice Worksheet 3.1
Warm - Up: Practice Worksheet 3.1
THEIR GRAPHS
Section 3.2
Objectives
• Students will be able to…
• Decipher between and use each interest and exponential
application formula
• Determine the difference between a present value and future
value annuity
• Switch between exponential and logarithmic forms
• (Evaluate logs and natural logs)
Definition of Logarithmic Function
• For x > 0, a > 0 and a ≠ 1,
𝑦 = log 𝑎 𝑥 , if and only if 𝑥 = 𝑎 𝑦
• _______ minutes
Closure – Exit Ticket
• On a note card(provided by Miss Young)
• Write your name! (please)
• Write the equation in exponential form: log 4 64 = 3
3Τ
• Write the equation in logarithmic form: 9 2 = 27
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• Write the equation in logarithmic form: 9 2 = 27
Objectives
• Students will be able to…
• Evaluate logs and natural logs
• Use inverse symmetry to connect exponential and
logarithmic graphs
• Recognize and transform the parent graph of log
functions
Evaluating Logarithms
1) 𝑓 𝑥 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔2 𝑥 , x = 32 2) 𝑓 𝑥 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔3 𝑥 , x = 1
1
3) 𝑓 𝑥 = log 4 𝑥 , x = 2 4) 𝑓 𝑥 = log10 𝑥 , x =
100
Practice: Evaluate the Logarithm
1. y = log216
1
2. y = log2( )
2
3. y = log416
4. y = log51
Common Logarithmic Function
• The logarithmic function with base 10
• Denoted: log10 or just log
• This is the log function on your calculator
3) x = 2.5 4) x = -2
Properties of Logarithms
1. loga 1 = 0 since a0 = 1.
2. loga a = 1 since a1 = a.
3. loga ax = x
4. If loga x = loga y, then x = y. one-to-one property
Examples:
1. Solve for x: log6 6 = x 2. Simplify: log3 35
Properties of Natural Logs
• (Ln is the exact same idea as logs. Ln is in base e. Logs are (usually) base 10)
1. ln 1 = 0 since e0 = 1.
2. ln e = 1 since e1 = e.
3. ln ex = x
4. If ln x = ln y, then x = y. one-to-one property
Examples: Simplify
1
ln 2 3 ln e ln 1
e
Graphing Logarithmic Functions
• The graphs of inverse functions are reflections of each other in
the line 𝑦 = 𝑥
𝑓 𝑥 = 2𝑥
Graphing Logarithmic Functions
• Plug in x – values that work nicely
• (Can’t use calculator when not base 10)
• Example: Graph 𝑓 𝑥 = log 3 𝑥
(state the changes, VA and x-intercept)
Graphing Logarithmic Functions
• Logarithmic Function: log 𝑎 (𝑥 − ℎ) + 𝑘
• Graph: log 2 (𝑥 − 1) + 4