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3 Logs and Exponents
Chapter Outline
3.1 Exponential Functions
3.2 PROPERTIES OFEXPONENTS
3.3 SCIENTIFICNOTATION
3.4 PROPERTIES OFLOGS
3.5 CHANGE OFBASE
3.6 EXPONENTIALEQUATIONS
3.7 LOGISTICFUNCTIONS
3.8 REFERENCES
Exponential growth has been called one of the most powerful forces in the universe. You may already know the
basic rules of exponents. Here you will explore their relationship with logarithms and their application to different
types of growth and decay.