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Intermediate Algebra – Student Workbook – Second Edition 2013

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Lesson 4a <strong>–</strong> Introduction to Logarithms<br />

Mini-Lesson<br />

Let’s see how this works with other examples. The base can be almost any number but has some<br />

limitations. The base, b, should be bigger than 0 and not equal to 1.<br />

Problem 3 MEDIA EXAMPLE <strong>–</strong> COMPUTE LOGARITHMS WITH BASES OTHER<br />

THAN 10<br />

Compute each of the following logarithms and verify your result with an exponential “because”<br />

statement.<br />

a) because<br />

b) because<br />

c) because<br />

d) because<br />

e) √ because<br />

f) because<br />

Reminder: THE NTH ROOT OF a<br />

n<br />

a<br />

1 n<br />

a , the nth root of a. The number a, called the radicand, must be nonnegative if n,<br />

called the index, is even. So, for part e) of the problem above this means that 3 = 3 1 2 .<br />

Scottsdale Community College Page 147 <strong>Intermediate</strong> <strong>Algebra</strong>

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