Monday, September 15, 2008

Lesson 8.6 Adv. Alg./Trig

Natural logs are base e logarithms. Example: ln 3
All log properties for common logs apply to natural logs.
* e is approximately equal to the irrational number 2.71828182845904523....
* To write a natural log as a single logarithm, use the product,
quotient, and power rules.
* To solve a natural log equation, simplify then change to
exponential form and solve for the variable.
* To solve an exponential equation in base e, simplify,
take the natural log of both sides of the equation, use the
power rule, then solve for the variable.
Tomorrow we will work the application problems in 8.6 and review
8.5 and 8.6 by working group problems.

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