Basic logarithm!

Algebra Level 3

Which of the following is true?

log k 1 log 1 \log_k 1 ≠ \log 1 log k 1 = log 1 \log_k 1 = \log 1 l o g 0 1 = 1 log_0 1 = 1 l o g k k = 0 log_k k = 0

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2 solutions

Pham Khanh
Apr 30, 2016

Cal log k 1 = a log 1 = b \begin{aligned}\ \log_{k}1 & = & a \\\log 1 & = & b \end{aligned} k a = 1 . . . 1 0 b = 1 \implies k^a=1 \qquad \qquad ... \qquad \qquad 10^b=1 k a = k 0 . . . 1 0 b = 1 0 0 \iff k^a=k^0 \qquad \qquad ... \qquad \qquad 10^b=10^0 a = 0 . . . b = 0 \iff a=0 \qquad \qquad ... \qquad \qquad b=0 a = b \iff a \qquad \qquad = \qquad \qquad b log k 1 = log 1 \implies \boxed{\log_{k}1=\log 1}

Nice solution. In the second one, that is in log 1 = b \log1 =b you have assumed that base is 10 10 . But usually in Mathematics, if base of logarithm is not specified then it means that, it is natural logarithm, that is log 1 = log e 1 \log1= \log_e 1 . Though still answer remains same. Means log k 1 = log 1 \log_k 1= \log1

akash patalwanshi - 5 years, 1 month ago

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It doesn't really matter because e 0 e^0 = 1 0 0 =10^0 = 1 =1

Pham Khanh - 5 years, 1 month ago

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I already said that, it doesn't matter.

akash patalwanshi - 5 years, 1 month ago

I thought if the base isn't specified, we assume that log 1 = log 10 1 \log 1 = \log_{10} 1 ?

I recall that only ln = log e \ln = \log_e

Hung Woei Neoh - 5 years, 1 month ago
Hung Woei Neoh
May 9, 2016

log k k = 1 \log_k k = 1 , because when you convert it into index form: k 1 = k k^1 = k

There is no such thing as log 0 \log_0 , therefore log 0 1 \log_0 1 is undefined.

log a 1 = 0 \log_a 1 = 0 for any a , a > 0 , a 1 a, a>0, a \neq 1 . Therefore log k 1 log 1 \log_k 1 \neq \log 1 is false.

The true statement is log k 1 = log 1 \boxed{\log_k 1 = \log 1}

Note: You should state that k > 0 , k 1 k>0,k \neq 1 for the statements here

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