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Understanding Natural Logarithms

The document discusses logarithms and their relationship to exponentials. Logarithms are the inverse operation of exponents, just as subtraction is the inverse of addition and division is the inverse of multiplication. Specifically, logarithms "undo" exponential operations. The document also defines natural logarithms which have a base of "e", approximately equal to 2.71828, and are commonly used by mathematicians. On calculators, natural logarithms are represented by the "ln" button.

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Understanding Natural Logarithms

The document discusses logarithms and their relationship to exponentials. Logarithms are the inverse operation of exponents, just as subtraction is the inverse of addition and division is the inverse of multiplication. Specifically, logarithms "undo" exponential operations. The document also defines natural logarithms which have a base of "e", approximately equal to 2.71828, and are commonly used by mathematicians. On calculators, natural logarithms are represented by the "ln" button.

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Department

of
Mathematic
Logarithm
the "opposite" of exponentials, just as
subtraction is the opposite of addition and
division is the opposite of multiplication.
Logs "undo" exponentials. Technically
speaking, logs are the inverses of
exponentials.

RULES:
Natural Logarithms: Base "e
e = 2.71828
This is called a "natural
logarithm".
Mathematicians use this
one a lot.
On a calculator it is the
"ln" button.

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