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Writing logs in terms of others worksheet

Break the number into the two you were given, and the log rules do the rest: multiplying becomes adding, dividing becomes subtracting, and a power becomes a multiplier.

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Writing Logs in Terms of Others

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Write each logarithm in terms of a and c.

  1. If log72=a and log73=c, write log724
  2. If log72=a and log73=c, write log749
  3. If log73=a and log75=c, write log7253
  4. If log112=a and log115=c, write log11825
  5. If log72=a and log73=c, write log743
  6. If log73=a and log75=c, write log7275
  7. If log112=a and log117=c, write log11849
  8. If log112=a and log115=c, write log11225
  9. If log72=a and log75=c, write log7120
  10. If log52=a and log57=c, write log5128
  11. If log52=a and log53=c, write log512
  12. If log52=a and log57=c, write log5849
  13. If log52=a and log57=c, write log547
  14. If log112=a and log117=c, write log1174
  15. If log112=a and log115=c, write log1185
  16. If log52=a and log53=c, write log583
  17. If log52=a and log57=c, write log5114
  18. If log72=a and log75=c, write log710
  19. If log52=a and log57=c, write log5494
  20. If log72=a and log75=c, write log71252

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Writing Logs in Terms of OthersAnswer keyVersion 1

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Write each logarithm in terms of a and c.

  1. If log72=a and log73=c, write log7243a+c
  2. If log72=a and log73=c, write log7492a2c
  3. If log73=a and log75=c, write log7253a+2c
  4. If log112=a and log115=c, write log118253a2c
  5. If log72=a and log73=c, write log7432ac
  6. If log73=a and log75=c, write log72753ac
  7. If log112=a and log117=c, write log118493a2c
  8. If log112=a and log115=c, write log11225a2c
  9. If log72=a and log75=c, write log71202ac
  10. If log52=a and log57=c, write log51282ac
  11. If log52=a and log53=c, write log5122a+c
  12. If log52=a and log57=c, write log58493a2c
  13. If log52=a and log57=c, write log5472ac
  14. If log112=a and log117=c, write log11742a+c
  15. If log112=a and log115=c, write log11853ac
  16. If log52=a and log53=c, write log5833ac
  17. If log52=a and log57=c, write log5114ac
  18. If log72=a and log75=c, write log710a+c
  19. If log52=a and log57=c, write log54942a+2c
  20. If log72=a and log75=c, write log71252a+3c

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How to do these

If log52=a and log53=c, write log512

  1. 12 is 4 times 3, and 4 is 2 squared.
  2. log of a product is a sum.
  3. The square becomes a 2 in front.

The answer is 2a+c.

Where students go wrong

Splitting a log of a sum. There is no rule for log(x + y): only products, quotients and powers come apart. If the number will not factor into the ones you were given, it cannot be done.

Also called log properties, expressing logarithms or change of base.

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Yes. Every writing logs in terms of others sheet is free to print and free to download as a PDF. There is no account to make, no email to hand over and no limit on how many you take.

Yes. The answer key prints on a second page, and you can choose whether it shows each question beside its answer or just the answers in a list.

Yes. Print straight from the page, or download the PDF and print that. The sheet is laid out for paper rather than squeezed off a screen, so there is room to work under each question, and the answer key comes out on its own page.

Precalculus is usually taken around 11th or 12th grade, though schools vary and plenty of students meet it earlier or later. Pick the difficulty rather than the grade: the easy level suits a first lesson on it, the hard level suits review before a test.

Yes, as many as you like. The questions are built fresh each time rather than picked from a fixed set of files, so pressing Generate gives a new sheet. That is what you want for a second class, a retake, or two students sitting next to each other.

That is the closest comparison, and Kuta Software is good software. It is also paid software you install on a computer. These worksheets run in a browser tab for free, with no account and nothing to install. Like Kuta, the writing logs in terms of others questions are generated when you ask for them rather than pulled from a fixed set of files, so two classes never get the same sheet, and the answer key comes with it.

Yes. There are three levels, and you can tick more than one for a sheet that mixes them, in which case the questions come out easiest first. The harder levels are not just larger numbers: they ask for something the easy ones do not.

Splitting a log of a sum. There is no rule for log(x + y): only products, quotients and powers come apart. If the number will not factor into the ones you were given, it cannot be done.