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PreCalculus / Amankwa, Kwadwo (Amankwa)

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Converting between natural logarithmic and exponential equations

Rewrite as a logarithmic equation.

8
e =x

For any numbers a, b, and c, with a and c positive (a 1), we have the following
relationship.

b
loga c = b if and only if a =c

The first is a logarithmic equation, and the second is an exponential equation.

However, when the base is e, we do not write loge .

Instead, we write ln , which is read as "natural log".
(Note that e is a special irrational number. Its value is e = 2.718281.)

So, when the base of the logarithm is e, we write the relationship as follows.

b
ln c = b if and only if e =c

The current problem:

8
We must write e = x as a logarithmic equation.
8
By the relationship above, e = x can be rewritten as ln x = 8.

Here is the answer.

ln x = 8

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