Vocabulary
The number that is being repeatedly multiplied
What is the base?
Exponential form of log2 128 = 7
What is 27 = 128?
The solution(s) of log7 (9x - 4) = log7 (x + 20)
What is x = 3?
The solution to 25v-2 = 625
What is v = 4?
The type of function you would use to determine how much money you have after working 32 hours at $15.25 per hour
What is a linear function?
The exponent or power to which a base must be raised to yield a given number
What is a logarithm?
Logarithmic form of 8k = 78
What is log8 78 = k?
The solution of log6 (7k - 1) = 3
What is k = 31?
The solution to 6t = 45
What is t = 2.1245?
The type of function you would use to determine the height of Rory McIlroy's golf ball 2 seconds after he hits the ball off the tee
What is a quadratic function?
The function that undoes the operation of another function
What is the inverse?
Exponential form of log7 1/343 = -3
7-3 = 1/343
The solution(s) of log5 (m2 - 12) = log5 m
What is m = 4?
The solution to 153a + 7 = 67
What is a = 0.5040?
The type of function you would use to determine how much money you will have in a savings account after your initial investment grows with interest for five years
What is an exponential function?
A value that "works" for a transformed version of an equation but does not satisfy the original equation
What is an extraneous solution?
Exponential form of log (n + 8) + log 4 = 2
What is 102 = 4n + 32?
The solution of log36 (20 - 4p) = 1/2
What is p = 7/2 = 3.5
The solution to 143 - 8x + 9 = 77
What is x = 0.1751
The type of function you will use to determine how many years you will have to wait in order for your investment to grow to $10,000
What is a logarithmic function?
A line that a curve approaches but never reaches
What is an asymptote?
Logarithmic form of 143 - 8x + 9 = 77
What is log14 68 = 3 - 8x?
The solution to log (n + 8) + log 4 = 2
What is n = 17?
The solution to (8) 3n - 1 - 21 = 51
What is n = 3?
The type of function that a medical examiner uses to determine the time of death at a crime scene, using body temperature
What is a logarithmic function?