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1. 4-4 Properties of Logarithms Warm Up Lesson Presentation Lesson Quiz Holt McDougal Algebra 2 Holt Algebra 2

2. Objectives Use properties to simplify logarithmic expressions. Translate between logarithms in any base.

3. Because logarithms are exponents, you can derive the properties of logarithms from the properties of exponents

4. Remember that to multiply powers with the same base, you add exponents.

5. Example 1: Adding Logarithms Express log64 + log69 as a single logarithm. Simplify. log64 + log69 To add the logarithms, multiply the numbers. log6 (4  9) log6 36 Simplify. Think: 6? = 36. 2

6. Check It Out! Example 1a Express as a single logarithm. Simplify, if possible. log5625 + log525 To add the logarithms, multiply the numbers. log5 (625 • 25) log5 15,625 Simplify. 6 Think: 5? = 15625

7. 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 9 log27 + log 9 log(27 • ) log 3 1 1 3 3 Think: ? = 3 Check It Out! Example 1b Express as a single logarithm. Simplify, if possible. To add the logarithms, multiply the numbers. Simplify. –1

8. Remember that to divide powers with the same base, you subtract exponents Because logarithms are exponents, subtracting logarithms with the same base is the same as finding the logarithms of the quotient with that base.

9. Caution Just as a5b3 cannot be simplified, logarithms must have the same base to be simplified. The property above can also be used in reverse.

10. Example 2: Subtracting Logarithms Express log5100 – log54 as a single logarithm. Simplify, if possible. log5100 – log54 To subtract the logarithms, divide the numbers. log5(100 ÷4) Simplify. log525 2 Think: 5? = 25.

11. Check It Out! Example 2 Express log749 – log77 as a single logarithm. Simplify, if possible. log749 – log77 To subtract the logarithms, divide the numbers log7(49 ÷ 7) log77 Simplify. 1 Think: 7? = 7.

12. Because you can multiply logarithms, you can also take powers of logarithms.

13. Because 8 = 4, log84 = . 20() = 40 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 Example 3: Simplifying Logarithms with Exponents Express as a product. Simplify, if possible. A. log2326 B. log8420 6log232 20log84 Because 25 = 32, log232 = 5. 6(5) = 30

14. Check It Out! Example 3 Express as a product. Simplify, if possibly. a. log104 b. log5252 4log10 2log525 Because 101 = 10, log10 = 1. Because 52 = 25, log525 = 2. 4(1) = 4 2(2) = 4

15. 5log2 ( ) Because 2–1 = , log2 = –1. 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 Check It Out! Example 3 Express as a product. Simplify, if possibly. c. log2 ( )5 5(–1) = –5

16. Exponential and logarithmic operations undo each other since they are inverse operations.

17. Example 4: Recognizing Inverses Simplify each expression. c. 5log510 a. log3311 b. log381 log3311 log33  3  3 3 5log510 log334 10 11 4

18. Check It Out! Example 4 a. Simplify log100.9 b. Simplify 2log2(8x) log 100.9 2log2(8x) 8x 0.9

19. Most calculators calculate logarithms only in base 10 or base e (see Lesson 7-6). You can change a logarithm in one base to a logarithm in another base with the following formula.

20. log8 log328 = log32 ≈ 0.903 1.51 Example 5: Changing the Base of a Logarithm Evaluate log328. Method 1 Change to base 10 Use a calculator. Divide. ≈ 0.6

21. log27 log927 = log9 ≈ 1.431 0.954 Check It Out! Example 5a Evaluate log927. Method 1 Change to base 10. Use a calculator. ≈ 1.5 Divide.

22. log16 Log816 = log8 ≈ 1.204 0.903 Check It Out! Example 5b Evaluate log816. Method 1 Change to base 10. Use a calculator. Divide. ≈ 1.3

23. 7 6 Lesson Quiz: Part I Express each as a single logarithm. 1. log69 + log624 log6216 = 3 log327 = 3 2. log3108 – log34 Simplify. 3. log2810,000 30,000 4. log44x –1 x – 1 5. 10log125 125 6. log64128

24. 8. log 10 1 2 Lesson Quiz: Part II Use a calculator to find each logarithm to the nearest thousandth. 2.727 7. log320 –3.322 9. How many times as much energy is released by a magnitude-8.5 earthquake as a magntitude-6.5 earthquake? 1000