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Logarithms are basically another way of writing exponents and logarithmic functions are inverses of exponential functions an important definition that we should keep in mind is the definition of logs, because it will help tremendously when dealing with logarithmic. Throughout, we will always place particular importance to the corresponding graph of the discussed function which will be analyzed with the help of the ti84 calculator as mentioned above. Because logarithm is a function, it is most correctly written as log b x. Once you are familiar with logarithms and exponential functions, you can look at logarithmic functions. This bestselling author team explains concepts simply and clearly, without glossing over difficult points. An investigation of functions is a free, open textbook covering a two quarter precalculus.
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