What is the difference between log and ln?
I was told that it's basically the same thing and can be used interchangeably, but if it's the same, what is the point of having another one? To reword it, if log and ln is the same, why use ln over log and vice versa? When should I use log/ln?
Thank you in advance.
I was told that it's basically the same thing and can be used interchangeably, but if it's the same, what is the point of having another one? To reword it, if log and ln is the same, why use ln over log and vice versa? When should I use log/ln?
Thank you in advance.
2 Answers
Usually
They are not the same!! They are both logarithms, but they are different logarithms.
Explanation:
There's a huge difference between log and ln!
A logarithm is a form of math used to help solve the following sort of problems:
The question you're asking here is to what power do I need to raise
The relationship between logarithms and exponents is described below:
That value
When you have a base 10, then it's convention to just drop the base from the notation, since it's implied that you're talking about a base of 10.
So
When you have a base
So
As you can see,
I made a video about logarithms, if you're interested:
Hope that helped :)