Change of Base of Logarithms
logab=logcblogca and logab=1logba
Example:
Find the value of the following:
a. log25100
b. log30.45
Answer:
(a) log25100=log10100log1025=log10102log1025=21.3979=1.431(b) log30.45=log100.45log103=−0.34680.4771=−0.727
Example 1
Find the value of the following.
(a) log48
(b) log1255
(c) log8127
(d) log1664


Find the value of the following.
(a) log48
(b) log1255
(c) log8127
(d) log1664


Example 2
Given that logp3=h and logp5=k , express the following in term of h and or k.
(a) logp53
(b) log1575

Given that logp3=h and logp5=k , express the following in term of h and or k.
(a) logp53
(b) log1575

a. log 100 should be log 10 to the power of 2, equal 2