What are the parts of a logarithm?
What are the parts of a logarithm?
Just as an exponential function has three parts, a logarithm has three parts as well: a base, an argument and an answer (also called power). In this function, the base is 2, the argument is 3 and the answer is 8. In this equation, the base is 2, the argument is 8 and the answer is 3.
What is mantissa and characteristic?
The integral part of a common logarithm is called the characteristic and the non-negative decimal part is called the mantissa. Suppose, log 39.2 = 1.5933, then 1 is the characteristic and 5933 is the mantissa of the logarithm. If log . 9742, then – 3 is the characteristic and . 9742 is the mantissa of the logarithm.
What is a logarithm with base e called?
The natural logarithm of a number is its logarithm to the base of the mathematical constant e, where e is an irrational and transcendental number approximately equal to 2. The natural logarithm of x is generally written as ln x, loge x, or sometimes, if the base e is implicit, simply log x.
What is meant by logarithm?
A logarithm is the power to which a number must be raised in order to get some other number (see Section 3 of this Math Review for more about exponents). For example, the base ten logarithm of 100 is 2, because ten raised to the power of two is 100: log 100 = 2. because. 102 = 100.
Why is the common log base 10?
log with base 10 is used to simplify manual calculations and it is also related with decimal system. if we calculate log of any number with base 10, then integer just greater than that calculated value gives the no of digits in that number.
What is the difference between logarithm and natural logarithm?
Natural logarithms are different than common logarithms. While the base of a common logarithm is 10, the base of a natural logarithm is the special number e. Although this looks like a variable, it represents a fixed irrational number approximately equal to 2. e is a complicated but interesting number.
What is the inverse of log base 10?
The inverse of log10 (x), denoted log(x), is 10x.
What is the inverse of logarithm?
exponential function
What is the antilog of 12?
What is and How to Find Inverse Logarithm?
| antilogb x = bx | ||
|---|---|---|
| antilog(12) | 1012 | /td> |
| antilog(20) | 1020 | 1.0E+20 |
| antilog(22) | 1022 | 1.0E+22 |
| antilog(13) | 1013 | /td> |