EDIT(again): lol, i posted this before reading all posts, and didnt see what p_2001 had said. hes right, its all at the top
Well, perhaps at least the way i explained it will help you or something. But yeah, just the definitions are good enough.Logarithms are the inverse of exponential functions, in other words, you can switch em around to make an exponential function. So log2(3) = 2^x = 3. x is a variable you can add after any log, imagining an equal sign:
log2(3) = x which = 2^x = 3. You should get the pattern pretty fast. ofc, if x is given, you wont need a variable
To say a logarithm, youd pronounce the above one as "log base 2 to the third". to condense logarithms, it works something like this:
log2(
= log2(4) + log2(2).
log2(
also equals: log2(16) - log2(2)
you should get the idea that adding them multiplies the value in the parenthesis, and subtracting does the opposite.
When you have a coefficient behind the log, you can set it to the exponent in parenthesis like:
2log3(9) = log3(9^2)
another important thing to know is that log3(9) also equals log(3) / log(9).
If no "base" is given, assume it is ten.
As far as it goes with ln and e instead of log, thats relatively easy to look up and understand once you know log's.
Good luck.
Edit: rofl it replaced some of my words with emotes. oh well, i hope you can figure it out