Stage 24 · Exponential & Logarithmic Functions

24.3.1 The Birth of the Logarithm: Finding the Exponent

24.3 Logarithms: Asking the Exponential Question Backward

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24.3.1 The Birth of the Logarithm: Finding the Exponent

Core idea

Knowing how many doublings reach 1000, we ask the reverse question of what the exponent is, written log base a of N.

Module goal. Introduce logarithms as the inverse of exponentiation, master the idea and its operation rules, the central hub of this stage
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