document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=422589>Question 422589</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Evaluate logarithms:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "log[8](1/8)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "log[8](8) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Logarithms are exponents. The expression:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "represents the exponent for a that results in b. In other words, it represents the power of a that results in b.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "represents the power of 8 that results in 1/8. So what power of 8 is 1/8? Answer: -1. (If this is not clear to you, then review what an exponent of -1 means.) So<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your second expression<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "is even easier. What power of 8 is 8? Answer: 1! So<BR>\n" );
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