What is a logarithm?
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Let’s say you have a farm with a pen holding three rabbits.
Let’s say every month, the population of rabbits grows by three.
How many new rabbits do you have after five months? You can use **multiplication** to find this answer: 3 × 5 = 15 new rabbits.
How many months does it take to get fifteen new rabbits? You can use **division** to find this answer: 15 ÷ 3 = 5 months.
Now let’s say instead that every month, the population of rabbits triples.
How many rabbits do you have at the start of the fifth month? You can use **exponents** to find this answer: 3^5 = 243 rabbits.
At which month will there be 243 rabbits? You can use **logarithms** to find this answer: log₃(243) = 5th month.
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