I need some help understanding how logarithms work. I just can’t wrap my head around the concept, and I can only find videos online explaining how to rearrange a log equation. I’m looking for an explanation as to how it works, and perhaps the theory behind it.
I’ve also heard that log is easier to use for more complex calculations. How does rounding work with log? What is a natural log? What is e?
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The reason people find logs confusing is because they use a different notation than similar concepts that you already know
Take the following relationship
10^2 = 100
There are two more ways of writing that relationship
Sqrt(100) = 10
Log10(100) = 2
And that’s it. A logarithm reverses exponents like a root does, but it gives you the exponent instead of the base.
We have three ways of writing the same relationship but for some reason they use completely different notations, and for some reason we don’t introduce logs to students until years after they’re used to the other two. That’s why people find them confusing.
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