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G1 - Natural Base e

The document provides notes on the natural base 'e' and its applications in exponential growth and decay functions. It includes examples of converting between logarithmic and exponential forms, simplifying expressions, and solving equations involving natural logarithms. Additionally, it features practice problems for students to classify functions and apply concepts related to the natural base.

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G1 - Natural Base e

The document provides notes on the natural base 'e' and its applications in exponential growth and decay functions. It includes examples of converting between logarithmic and exponential forms, simplifying expressions, and solving equations involving natural logarithms. Additionally, it features practice problems for students to classify functions and apply concepts related to the natural base.

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Name:_______________________________________

Name: Date:____________________________
Date: Block:_______
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Algebra 2 Notes G _________________________________
Natural
Topic: Base e Class:
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Main Ideas/Questions Notes/Examples

• Like π, e is special number discovered in mathematics and occurs in


What is the real-world applications of continuous exponential growth and decay.
NATURAL BASE,
• e is an _______________________ ________________ with an approximate
“e”? value of ____________________________________.

The function ________________________ The function ________________________


Natural Base is used to model continuous is used to model continuous
EXPONENTIAL exponential growth. exponential decay.

Functions
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Classify as an exponential growth or decay, then graph the function.


1. f ( x) = e0.5 x
−2 x
2. f ( x) = e

3. A person is given 800 milligrams of 4. The balance in an investment


a certain medicine. The amount of account is modeled by the
APPLICATIONS medicine, in miligrams, in their function f (t) = 2000e0.05t where t is
system after t hours is modeled by the years since the initial
the function f (t) = 800e –0.6t. How investment. Find the balance in
many milligrams of the medicine the account after 15 years.
remains in the system after 2 hours?

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Name:_______________________________________ Date:____________________________ Block:_______

Natural • A ________________ _______________________ is a logarithm with base e and

LOGARITHMS and written as ____________________, but usually as ______________.

Write each equation in logarithmic form.


x 9 x+5
5. e = 24 6. e = x 7. e = 72
CONVERTING
Between Forms

Write each equation in exponential form.


8. ln x = 58 9. ln 6 = x 10. ln ( x − 9) = 32
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Condense each expression into a single logarithm.


1
11. ln 3 + ln 16 12. ln 63 − 2  ln 3 13.  ln 64 + 2  ln x
Simplifying 3

EXPRESSIONS

Expand each logarithm.


2
 a3  3 2
14. ln 5x 15. ln   16. ln m n
 b 

Solve each equation. Check for extraneous solutions.


17. ln (4 x − 27) = ln (15 − 2 x) 18. 2  ln k = ln(2k + 15)
Solving
EQUATIONS

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Name:_______________________________________ Date:____________________________ Block:_______
19. ln 72 − ln 4 = ln 6 + ln (a − 2) 20. 2  ln (m + 4) = ln 4

21. ln 8 x = 2 22. ln x − ln 9 = 7

x y+3
23. e = 57 24. e − 6 = 24

4n c −9
25. 5e = 95 26. 2e + 3 = 87

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