A-level Mathematics/MEI/C2/Logarithms and Exponentials

Understand the meaning of the word logarithm.

Understand the laws of logarithms and how to apply them.

Know the values of $log_a a$ and $log_a 1$ .

Know how to convert from an index to a logarithmic form and vice versa.

Know the function $y = a^x$ and its graph.

Be able to solve an equation of the form $a^x = b$ .

Know how to reduce the equations $y = ax^n$ and $y = ab^x$ to linear form and, using experimental data, to draw a graph to find values of and .

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