what is a logarithm?
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ᴏɴᴇ ᴏғ ᴀ sᴇʀɪᴇs ᴏғ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀs ᴀʀʀᴀɴɢᴇᴅ ɪɴ ʟɪsᴛs (ᴛᴀʙʟᴇs) ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴀʟʟᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ sᴏʟᴠᴇ ᴘʀᴏʙʟᴇᴍs ɪɴ ᴍᴀᴛʜᴇᴍᴀᴛɪᴄs ʙʏ ᴀᴅᴅɪɴɢ ᴏʀ sᴜʙᴛʀᴀᴄᴛɪɴɢ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀs ɪɴsᴛᴇᴀᴅ ᴏғ ᴍᴜʟᴛɪᴘʟʏɪɴɢ ᴏʀ ᴅɪᴠɪᴅɪɴɢ
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A logarithm is the power to which a number must be raised in order to get some other number (see Section 3 of this Math Review for more about exponents). For example, the base ten logarithm of 100 is 2, because ten raised to the power of two is 100: log 100 = 2. because. 102 = 100.