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Rules of Logarithms

1. product $\log_bxy=\log_bx+\log_by$ $\log xy=\log x+\log y$ $\ln xy=\ln x+\ln y$
2. quotient $\displaystyle\log_b{x\over y}=\log_bx-\log_by$ $\displaystyle\log{x\over y}=\log x-\log y$ $\displaystyle\ln{x\over y}=\ln x-\ln y$
3. power $\log_bx^r=r\log_bx$ $\log x^r=r\log x$ $\ln x^r=r\ln x$
4. inverse $\log_bb^x=x$ $\log10^x=x$ $\ln e^x=x$
5.   $b^{\log_bx}=x$ $10^{\log x}=x$ $e^{\ln x}=x$
6.   $\log_b1=0$ $\log1=0$ $\ln1=0$
7. change of base $\displaystyle\log_cx={{\log_bx}\over {\log_bc}}$ $\displaystyle\log_cx={{\log x}\over {\log c}}$ $\displaystyle\log_cx={{\ln x}\over {\ln c}}$
8. log form $x=\log_by$ $x=\log y$ $x=\ln y$
  $\Updownarrow$ $\Updownarrow$ $\Updownarrow$ $\Updownarrow$
9. exp form bx=y 10x=y ex=y