Archive for the ‘Logarithm’ Category
Saturday, June 14th, 2008
I happened to come across an interesting mistake made by a maths student.
The mistake inter-mixed the principles of algebra with logarithm.
The maths question is to solve the value of x given the expression:
2+ log (5x - 1) = log 3x
The expression, after transferring the "log (5x -1)" to the right side ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
In learning of maths, as with learning of other subjects, we need to understand our learning styles. The styles are namely, visual, auditory and kinesthetic.
Each of us has one particular dominant style. Knowing which one will thus serve us good. However, the learning style itself is still not enough, we need ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Every symbols in mathematics serve certain purpose. The size of the symbols and numbers also represent unique meaning.
Many mistakes and confusions were made due to improper writing of the above two items that are very much key to mathematics.
Two of the topics that are commonly populated with writing errors are Indices and ...
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Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
When do we use Logarithm operation? Let's see an example.
Solve 2X = 4. The solution is simple 2X = 22 ===> X = 2 (answer).
How about solving 2X = 5 ?
In this case, 5 cannot be expressed as a base of 2. So how?
Step 1: Perform logarithm operation on BOTH ...
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Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
Logarithm term is represented as logaN.
The small "a" is called the "base". It is not necessary that all term of logarithm uses the same base. It can be log2X, log10X , etc.
What if we want a certain base but is not given in the logarithmic problem?
Let's explain with an example. ...
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Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
First of all, let me explain the syntax of writing the Logarithmic term.
Logarithmic term is expressed in the form of logaY, where the letter "a" is known as the "base".
NOTE: If the base is 10, normally we will leave the logarithmic term as logY (without writing the base 10). The explanation ...
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